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Here is yet another post arguing that open source software introduces a pricing race to zero that threatens the entire software industry, especially commercial efforts within it. It's from Gene Quinn, a patent attorney, writing for IP Watchdog. Dana Blankenhorn has an interesting reaction post up, in which he argues that open source doesn't drive all costs to zero, but that costs become shared. I agree with Blankenhorn, but there are several other fundamental problems with Quinn's argument.

Over at Internetnews.com, Sean Michael Kerner points out an intriguing bit of information spotted at Groklaw indicating that SCO appears to be taking some steps toward reincorporating the Caldera International name. Insert copious amounts of wild speculation here.

SCO is currently restructuring, and truth be told, nobody knows what this filing for reincorporation truly means. Is SCO starting a new subsidiary? Is it trying to distance itself from its past? Is it going to deal in any way with Linux distribution development?