Groklaw is an attempt to get geeks and lawyers together, so they can help each other understand the other's world, with the goal of ideally getting better court results based on technical realities," Jones wrote me a few emails later, when there was "a lull in the action." In theory, the case should come to a close soon, but Jones doesn't have her hopes up about what's next. "Next? Is there a next with SCO?" she asks. "They are like Night of the Living Dead as far as persistence is concerned."