Appeals will drag on and on and give Microsoft time to define fairly clean interfaces that DO NOT reveal any of the important source code.
In the past they have managed to get monetary fines converted into giving software to schools, etc. This has two benefits to them:
1) Software licenses have a market value but cost them next to nothing, and
2) It further increases the market share of their products.
If you were teaching not-so-bright students something they could use in a job, free MS software would probably look more attractive than free Linux. And the threat of SCO suits against Linux users doesn't help at the moment.
Neat?