Legal know-how, good communication skills and a strong (paying) client base remain the linchpins of any law practice. But another critical piece of a modern law firm is information technology.

One of Microsoft's top attorneys on Wednesday called for an overhaul of the patent system to create a single, global patent office that will streamline and accelerate the approval process.

Debates about the pros and cons of various licences available to free and open source software developers often end up generating more heat than light.

Companies with inferior products are often tempted to create Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. A bit of FUD is an effective leveler, allowing these companies to compete on more equal terms with the competition.

New resources containing information about the SCO case

Seattle PI's Nick Eaton has provided the PDF of the Dell amicus brief, at last! Webster was going to run to the court today for us, when I saw journalists quoting from the brief but not giving us the PDF to read it for ourselves. We don't just want to know what reporters think is important. We want to know for ourselves what *we* think is important. For that, we need the PDFs.\

SCO's Trustee may remove the management. THE recent decision about UNIX meant very little when it comes to Linux. Not only does it fail to change SCO's empty case, but it also neglects the importance of the fact that SCO will be partly managed (and supervised) by an outsider.

To hear some tell it, SCO has emerged triumphant, Novell is vanquished, darkness shall reign in the whole of the land, and male pattern baldness will engulf us all.