08.06.08
Microsoft Jack Keeps Trashing Microsoft’s Competition in The Grauniad [sic]
Rant interlude
Microsoft Jack, who seems rather preoccupied with attacks against Microsoft’s opponents, the FSF, Microsoft-hostile media, etc. (and sometimes even rewrites history) continues to show the same behaviour. We’ve recently covered examples, including smoking guns, of Microsoft-obedient ‘journalists’ who betray trust [1, 2]. This man just spends a lot of time attacking Free software and even rewriting history for Microsoft’s benefit. Why? It looks bad for the paper and it infiltrates news channels of those things that he so vainly criticises. Has The Guardian become a tabloid? █
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. 
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. 
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. 
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. 
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. 
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy.