It seems two analysts have checked the code and 80 lines including comments match up very closely. I wonder what kind of impact this is going to make on the whole mess? It already seems like a disaster in the making, and I can't even imagine whats next.

The way I see it right now.

1) Those lines may have been taken from a BSD a used in SCO UNIX, which would mean that they are not the property of SCO any way.
2) The may have come from an older version on Unix that was ruled public domain by the courts. http://www.alwayson-network.com/comm...id=514_0_4_0_C
3) This little statement from then Caldera may invalidate SCO/Caldera’s claim. http://www.tuhs.org/Archive/Caldera-license.pdf
4) IBM may buy out SCO.
5) Maybe those lines of code came from Linux itself (although I think unlikely, but possible).

Worst case scenario for end users.
SCO wins and some of the kernel needs to be rewritten.

Worst case scenario for big business.
SCO wins and want some $$. The win would most likely be a huge setback to Linux deployments in the enterprise. (Would Big Blue let this happen? I doubt it.)