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InformationWeek's Paul McDougall, who - coincidentally - recently got into a bit of handbags* with Groklaw's PJ, got the scoop.

Here's some choice quotes from the man himself:

"We believe this is a very appealable case."

"We thought we had a pretty legitimate story."

"I got a call from our general counsel; he dropped a bomb."

McDougal writes:

"SCO is considering two forms of appeal, according to McBride. The company may wait until the trial is wrapped up and file a conventional appeal. Alternately, it may file what's known as an interlocutory appeal, which would ask the courts for a review of Kimball's ruling on the Unix copyright issues before the trial begins, McBride said."

In fact the company has already chosen to go the latter route, Groklaw has the news that the company has asked Kimball for a final judgment so that it can go ahead and appeal the issues that impact its case against IBM.

Specifically, the matters SCO would like to appeal relate to the ownership of the Unix System V copyrights, and Novell's right to waive SCO's claims against IBM.

* handbags Mainly British. A pointless and worthless argument, deriving from the image of old ladies having a handbag (purse) fight at the bus stop. 'Oh, put your handbags away'.
From Urban Dictionary.