I'm pretty sure this case already has a new judge (although I note
that GL's cast page doesn't seem to list the judges). All the motions were
argued, IIRC, before Judge Kimball, except the re-open motions, which have gone
to Judge Benson, who's presiding now.
I admit that the re-open motions
have probably forced Judge Benson to skim some of the materials about
the case, but that's a far cry from sitting there watching SCO's antics as they
happened.
Of course, while SCO probably can't afford much more delay, I
suspect they're quite happy to have a new judge on the case, because
that judge won't have suffered through their antics in real-time. It took
Kimball quite a while to figure out what he was really dealing with. I'm sure
it'll take Benson a while to reach the same "is that all you've got?"
moment....
Really, though, since Kimball threw out so much of their
evidence for not meeting the standards of, well, evidence*, their only real hope
at this point is in the appeals. Which won't happen till quite some time in the
future. So delay is pretty much inevitable.
* My favorite bit was the
whole "infringing by not doing what we also didn't do" argument. I really want
to see that reappear in the appeal. It was just so hilarious.
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