For years Microsoft has been spreading lies and FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) about Linux in the hopes that they can keep Linux from being widely adopted. Their latest round of lies is the anti-linux propaganda used in training some Best Buy and Staples employees. My opinion is that the reason Microsoft uses these tactics is because their software is so bad that it cannot stand on its own merits.

IBM claims that Microsoft did the unthinkable and at least one of its employees argues that Microsoft should be sued for billions after the damage it caused to GNU/Linux through lies from SCO

New heights for Microsoft's spin and lies; the latest wave of GPL smears arrives from friends of Microsoft and former employees

In an effort to thwart Linux sales on netbooks, Microsoft has started a training program at Best Buy to “educate” their “experts” on Linux. And true to their fashion, MS resorted to FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) and straight out LIES!

THE Novell-Xenocode connection is a reality that we've covered or shown in [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]. More recent posts also explained that Xenocode is a sort of an offshoot of Microsoft, whose employees it accommodates [1, 2, 3, 4].

We take a look at two not-so-open-source companies that live among us and are run by former Microsoft employees

Now a few weeks after my first article about Mandriva’s future things have even more moved in a negative direction. The new management has decided to close down Edge-IT, a company which was bought by Mandriva several years ago. Apparently lots of the employees working on the distribution, were in fact Edge-IT employees and so they now have to leave the sinking ship.

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

Despite the worst recession in decades, Linux giant Red Hat added 600 employees to its rolls during the 12 months that ended Feb. 28, and the Raleigh company anticipates more hiring going forward.