The SCO lawsuit against IBM isn't quite one year old yet. Yet SCO has quintupled the amount of damages they are seeking, which now total $5 Billion. IBM's market capitalization is in the neighborhood of $170 Billion.
At the current rate of growth, how long does SCO need this lawsuit to drag on before the estimated damages exceed IBM's value?
Yet SCO has quintupled the amount of damages they are seeking,
Maybe SCO's executives are looking to leave the country when they win, and the change in damages sort is merely a recently revised hedge against currency shifts. Let's face it - if they win then they're going to need to move to somewhere very hard for geeks to get to.
