There's been a new twist in the dispute between the SCO Group and Novell over UNIX Intellectual Property. The end may be nigh for the SCO Group – the US Trustee's Office official responsible for SCO has applied to have the company's Chapter 11 protection from creditors removed, stating that there is no reasonable prospect that the SCO Group can be "rehabilitated" to the extent that a sound, debt-free business can be re-established. The SCO Group is said to have failed to submit a viable business plan. If the application is accepted, the company will be liquidated and its remaining assets distributed among its creditors. Its largest creditor is its opponent in the UNIX dispute, Novell.