New 'insider' possibilities emerge as former Microsoft executives find a new home in potential Microsoft competitors.

Former Microsoft employees and existing employees of Novell are promoting proprietary software and Mono from entities masquerading as "FOSS"

In 2004 the European Commission found Microsoft guilty of monopoly abuse in the IT marketplace and demanded that complete interoperability information be made available to competitors. Microsoft objected to this decision and was overruled in September 2007 by the European Court of First Instance (CFI). The CFI found Microsoft guilty of deliberate obstruction of interoperability and upheld the obligation for Microsoft to share its protocol information.

The EU Commission and Microsoft have settled the browser choice issue, and the Commission will continue to monitor interoperability issues, with Microsoft posting a new and "improved" set of documents today about interoperability.

Over two years ago, Microsoft and Novell signed an interoperability deal. Part of this agreement was a patent deal that suggested that Linux infringed on Microsoft's IP. Since then, Microsoft has signed a number more of these deals with various companies, but the Novell one is still the most famous.

Everybody's talking about Microsoft - the hot topics are interoperability, exclusion, standards, and the doubts of a Red Had and the European Union about their alleged about-turn.

Microsoft slammed for using software patents against interoperability, the OIN responds too late

The Microsoft Management Summit is making clearer the reasons behind the company's new emphasis on interoperability.

Judging by the Web, Microsoft is not interested in interoperability, despite feet-dragging.