SCO doesn't seem to be fully applying themselves lately. Perhaps they are a bit distracted. You'd think they'd at least *try* to do their paperwork correctly. Maybe they figure, why bother? It's over. We're under a death sentence. York's lawyer said so. So since tomorrow we die, let's eat and drink and be merry. That, at least, is rational.

SCO has withdrawn its motion, the "emergency" motion, to sell its assets. No reason given. Maybe all the peals of laughter from the IBM and Novell attorneys at the hearing?

"The US Trustee has filed two objections, one to the asset sale, the terms of which it calls unreasonable, and one to the use of the temp agency to hire a CFO. I am feeling like the unraveling has begun. There are more filings, but nothing like this!"

"Just got first word. The hearing is about to begin. Michael Jacobs is there. Darl just arrived. We have three eyewitnesses there. No, wait, I am hearing now four. So stay tuned. There will be periodic reports."

SCO has responded [PDF] to the SUSE opposition [PDF] to SCO's motion [PDF] to "enforce" the automatic stay. This is the most significant document in today's bankruptcy collection. You can read about the SCO motion and the SUSE opposition if you want to refresh your memory as to what it's all about. In a simple sentence, SUSE wants to go forward with the arbitration in Switzerland; SCO wants it to be stayed. Oh, and they want SUSE punished blah blah. They always throw that sort of thing in, from the SCO v. IBM case onward. At least that's my impression. And it puzzles me a lot, because it never works out for them.

This is almost as good as being there, the audio ( MP3 and Ogg) from the October 18 creditors' meeting with SCO's Darl McBride as witness of record, and Jean Acheson by his side providing details he can't recall. I gather she's recently had a promotion to comptroller. But she still would not be an authorized representative for a 341 meeting, not being an executive or member of the board. So she is there merely to assist, under oath also, but because she's new in the job, she doesn't know all the answers herself. She says very early that she's still learning.

SCO has gotten a $16 million bid from York Capital for its Unix business. Coupled with the $10 million line of credit York is ready to provide, it's money enough to keep SCO's litigation against Novell and IBM going and to underwrite its budding mobile interests, the company says. SCO's lawyers will be filing papers related to the bid this afternoon with the bankruptcy court in Delaware.

The never ending story surrounding SCO's litigation over alleged copyright infringements contained in Linux as well as the copyrights to Unix has taken yet another twist: The SCO Group, currently subject to proceedings under Chapter 11, is causing a stir as details in relation to their payment obligations emerge. In a filing published by the website Groklaw monitoring the litigation, the SCO Group asked the court for permission to finance judicial proceedings in Munich with up to 15,000 USD. Thereby the impression has been created the proceedings would be successful. The defendant takes a different view on this.

Novell wants SCO's bankruptcy stay lifted so federal trial can proceed Novell fired its first legal salvo against the bankrupt SCO Group when it sought to lift the Lindon company's bankruptcy protections so it can recover millions of dollars in licensing fees it claims SCO wrongfully "hijacked."

More filings in the bankruptcy, mostly orders granting admission pro hac vice to the various attorneys from out of state. But there is a notice of appearance from the Texas Comptroller Of Public Accounts. So, after Novell, that's our first creditor showing up and saying it would like to be kept informed. And indeed you'll see Texas added to the list of those folks getting notice of the other major filing of the day, the proposed schedule for omnibus hearings SCO has drawn up, October 5, November 6, December 5, 2007 and January 8 and February 5, 2008.

"The Nasdaq Staff has decided to delist SCO at open of business on September 27, 2007 under their discretionary authority and as a result of SCO filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. SCO can get a hearing but "There can be no assurance that the panel will grant the Company's request for continued listing.""

In the print edition of Forbes there's a great (albeit sometimes painful) tradition of doing "follow-through" articles where a reporter either takes a victory lap for making a good call or falls on his sword for making a bad one. Online publications don't typically ask for follow-throughs. But I need to write one.

The SCO Group, Inc., a leading provider of UNIX software technology and mobile services, today announced that it filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. SCO's subsidiary, SCO Operations, Inc., has also filed a petition for reorganization. The Board of Directors of The SCO Group have unanimously determined that Chapter 11 reorganization is in the best long-term interest of SCO and its subsidiaries, as well as its customers, shareholders, and employees.

As CEO and president of SCO Group, McBride has spent the last few years trying to collect billions in licensing fees from companies using the Linux operating system, earning the wrath of the world's open-source geeks. For scores of programmers, here was a lawyered-up copyright troll trying to shake down Linux -- the free, open-source operating system built by idealistic hackers working for the common good.

Following Judge Kimball's declaration that the Unix System V copyrights belonged to Novell, Steven Vaughan-Nichols speculated about what the decision might mean for Sun, which updated its Unix license to System 5 Release 5 in February 2003.