According to every report except the one in The Register, the one property Be kept was the right to sue Microsoft. Presuming the majority is correct, the question is: can Be raise enough money to launch an action that could well yield a $billion bucks or so and has a high liklihood of success.

It is suspected Caldera got between $350 million and $500 million - then Microsoft tried to palm off a $150 million addition to the reserve as the whole payment. The technology press, of course, swallowed that hook line and sinker. A few in the business press were a little smarter.

. . and yes, I suspect there are some law firms that would be quite interested, espcially since Microsoft had an almost perfect record for either losing or buying out before their conviction.

There is a strong possibility the DoJ refused the boot loader issue specifically because it was so strong. If they didn't get a good enough conviction in the current case, they could file again.

I see no reason Be couldn't rake Microsoft over the coals at this point.