SCO Wins One

SCO won a marginal victory in this ruling, which directs IBM to turn over all source code and designer's notes related to the case for AIX.

I've seen the AIX source code, and they're in for a lot of work. It usually arrives in the form of some 5000 source files loaded into a single folder on a CD, with no explanation of how it all fits together. This is how IBM treated a 'Partner'.

This is still a big paper chase and they're in for some tough days. The AIX code was professionally written and is the result of critical reviews and a strong software development process. Although the Linux code has a lot of these aspects in common, it is the product of a Different Team, and with different team members, you will get something completely different. Take it from a lifelong software geek who has worked in shops that ranked from SEI Level 3 down to -1, there won't be much to see.

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Senator, I've seen AIX source code, I've written AIX source code, you sir, are not AIX source code...