]
] Here is IBM's Memorandum in Support of its Second Motion
] to Compel Discovery. IBM is doing some very fine legal
] work. I'm enjoying the learning experience. You don't get
] to see really skilled legal work every day, even if you
] work in the field.
]
] You know how sometimes at a concert, you will see the
] other musicians watching one of the group doing something
] particularly outstanding and you can see that even though
] they are playing themselves, they are also noting and
] really admiring what the guy is doing? It's a little bit
] like that for me, watching IBM's lawyers at work. It's
] impressive to watch the detail work, how they seem to
] catch everything, so many levels of strategy, and how
] they turn SCO's own words against them. It's all very
] calm and cool, but at the same time aggressive. The two
] sides are not friends, that is obvious. I guess I would
] characterize it as complex, careful steam roller, and
] while I'm busy doing my own work, sometimes I just have
] to take a moment and enjoy watching them do what they do.

IBM is starting to turn the thumbscrews....