The trial schedule for
SCO v. Novell in Utah has been altered. It was set as a 3-week trial; now it's set for 15 days:
01/06/2010 - 613 - AMENDED SCHEDULING ORDER: Final Pretrial Conference set for 2/25/2010 02:00 PM in Room 142 before Judge Ted Stewart. 15 day Jury Trial set for 3/8/2010 08:30 AM in Room 142 before Judge Ted Stewart. Signed by Judge Ted Stewart on 01/06/2010. (asp) (Entered: 01/06/2010)
Here's the
article with reports from the status hearing where the original schedule was set. Yes, SCO wanted 2 to 2 1/2 weeks and Novell said 2 1/2 to 3, if I mash together the conflicting reports, but 15 days is what neither side asked for exactly, although tilted more in SCO's direction than Novell's, so it probably means one of these things: either Judge Stewart wants this over with, or more likely the parties worked out some issues and know now they don't actually need more than 15 days. It is also possible the judge doesn't care what they want. And it's possible there is some bias, unconscious or otherwise. I can't think of any other possibilities. I notice that the days are not full days. It's 8:30 am to 1:30 pm. This of course will affect how many witnesses each side can put on the stand. I think we may also assume that Judge Stewart isn't thinking of recusing himself, at least at this point.
In any case, we need to begin thinking about covering that many days of a trial. The cost for transcripts for something like this is way beyond our capabilities. So I'm asking the parties if they would please consider providing a copy of their transcripts when they order them? This is an historic case, one that will go down in history, I'm sure, no matter how it ends. So please would you consider the children, so to speak, the coming generations who will want to study and learn about this litigation?
And if anyone knows anyone who can take notes and will volunteer to attend a day or two or all of it, this is the moment for us to start to get prepared.
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