Think about revolutions and minute-men. Think about angry libertarians. And after that, think of the settlers of the wild frontier. Because at this time in history, that's just what Linux is: the Wild, Wild West.

Android 2.2, AKA "Froyo," was announced amid wild phone-nerd scenes a couple of months back, although we're yet to see much of it in the wild.

An objection from IBM lodged with the bankruptcy court has opened up a surprise new front in the SCO Group liquidation hearing. According to IBM lawyers, in 2008 SCO boss Darl McBride made personal payments to Steven Norris via an intermediary, for searching for further investors willing to invest in SCO.

Darl McBride and Steven Norris allegedly in the midst of a scandal

Here's SCO's response [PDF] to IBM and Novell's Objections to SCO's proposed sale to unXis and Novell's opposition to SCO's Notice of Cure, as text. The most interesting detail is that Darl McBride admits, or should I say claims, that he paid Stephen Norris $100,000 out of Darl's personal funds for Mr. Norris' efforts to "put together a group of investors".

One of the things that's been wandering around my mind lately (one of thousands) is the thought of the wild woods. In other words, places in the world that are away from civilization, away from the normal creature comforts of daily life, such as areas in Northern Canada, Alaska, Siberia, sections of Africa, and others like that.

Well, my dreams are coming true. This is better than eagles. A new lawsuit with Darl McBride, Stephen Norris and Bryan Cave all named as defendants by Pelican Equity. The accusation? Theft of trade secrets. No. Wait. Wait. Wait. It gets better. They are also accused of violating the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. There is a God! [passes out from joy]

There’s a lot going on in the free software world these days. I’m going to throw out a few wild predictions here about how things will be a year from now.

I've been going through the testimony at the July 27th hearing in SCO's bankruptcy, the one that resulted in the court ordering the management out of control and a Chapter 11 trustee appointed. It's fascinating to compare what was testified to under oath at that hearing with what was testified to under oath at the SCO v. Novell trial last May.