Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: or how the leopard can't change his spots.

Bill Gates: “They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade.” Beware of the Microsoft bearing "addictive" gifts. THIS is not another post about EDGI, but it sure illustrates how Microsoft spins its "addiction" trips (see quote at the top) as something of charitable value.

Recently I attended a presentation given to all the major UK suppliers of ICT goods and services to schools.

One of the most interesting journeys being undertaken at the moment in computing is that of Microsoft towards open source. Here are some more steps along that path:

Microsoft has released code for inclusion in the Linux kernel, but should it be accepted? Linus Torvalds gives his perspective.

Linus has spoken. 'Nuff said--OK, maybe not .

14,010 lines of actual Linux code, not 20,000 as Microsoft claimed

Now that Microsoft has submitted 20,000 lines of code for inclusion in the kernel, they are either Super Cool or Watch Your Back!, depending on who you listen to. So what's the real story?

Look, those nice people at Microsoft Research are saving science from its data deluge-> Project Trident: A Scientific Workflow Workbench allows scientists to easily work with large volumes of data. Basically Project Trident is more Project Trojan Horse.