  We present lattice results on the scalar $D_s$ meson and comment on the
$D_{sJ}^+(2317)$ state recently discovered by BaBar and confirmed by CLEO, in
view of a series of theoretical claims and counter claims. Lattice predictions
in the static limit indicate larger masses than observed for a scalar quark
model state. Finite $c$ quark mass corrections seem to further enlarge this
discrepancy, in support of a non quark-antiquark-state interpretation of
experiment.
