An invade, divide, and conquer Grand Plan
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. Learn more
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. Learn more
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. Learn more
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. Learn more
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. Learn more
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy. Learn more
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Recent Posts
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- IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: July 12th-18th, 2008
- Links 19/07/2008: Dell Expands GNU/Linux Efforts, Mandriva Preinstalled on GDium
- Microsoft's OOXML Dirty Tricks Are Back
- Microsoft on AstroTurfing in USENET Newsgroups
- Links 18/07/2008: GNU/Linux at NASA, Nicaragua
- Patently Absurd: Microsoft, BSA, IDC, Alsup, and Trend Micro
- Microsoft: Our Biggest Competitors in SMB Space Are OpenOffice.org, MysQL
- Links 18/07/2008: Another Disappointing Quarter for Microsoft (MSFT)
- Latest Live Examples of Patent Failure™
- Press Coverage of SCO: Latest Summary
- Novell and OpenOffice.org -- Harming, Helping, or Just Exploiting?
- Yet Another OOXML “Hidden Agenda”
- Links 17/07/2008: Acer's GNU/Linux Laptops Are a Hit; Microsoft in Desktop Market Retreat
- Links 17/07/2008: Torvalds Offends OpenBSD, GIMP 2.5.2 Released
- Red Hat Senior Fights Patents, Microsoft's 'Patent Troopers' Revisited
- Why Microsoft Resorts to Dirty Tricks with Virtualisation
- Alex Brown Deceives on Microsoft OOXML
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- Microsoft and Samsung: Lots in Common
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- Charlie Mccreevy to Hollywood: I Hereby Give You Europe
- Red Hat's Legal Department Was 'Closed-Source'
- Links 16/07/2008: Dell's GNU/Linux UMPCs Coming, OpenOffice 3.0 Beta 2
- ISO and Microsoft: Lesson in Teamwork?
- Novell Loses Business to Its 'Partner' Microsoft
- Links 15/07/2008: NEC Embraces GNU/Linux, FCC Rejects Vista
- Links 15/07/2008: No More Solaris for Salesforce.com, New Migrations to GNU/Linux
- Attacking the Messenger and Rewriting/Forgetting History
- Free Software and Patent Settlements: It's All Wrong
- Links 14/07/2008: Acer's GNU/Linux Laptops and Another Large Migration to OOo
- Links 14/07/2008: New Version of Linux, Mandriva Reviews
- Embracing and Extending Open Source from the Inside -- Yes, Again
- Joe Barr Knew Microsoft's Tactics All Too Well
- Blast from the Past: Losing Your Job for Criticising Microsoft on Security
- Another Small Defeat for Software Patents (and Win for Free Software) in the US
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- Links 12/07/2008: Impressions of KDE4; New GNU/Linux Appliances
- Taking Microsoft OOXML to Task
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- Do-No-Evil Saturday - Part I: OpenSUSE's Week of Build Service
- Microsoft@SourceForge and More Software Patents Poison
- FSF on How the ACTA Harms Free Software
- Reminder: Novell and Xandros Are Not Open Source Companies
- ISO Deals a “Blow for the Emerging Markets”
- IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: July 11th, 2008
- Links 11/07/2008: LT's Brian Stepping Up, Latest Mandriva and Ubuntu @ Alpha 2
- Microsoft's Anti-GNU/Linux/ODF Dump at South Africa
- ISO Bites Its Tongue
