Novell's latest moves clearly show a technical convergence with Microsoft, so why treat these companies separately?

One of the reason why Microsoft attracts so much bad press is their trash talk. If you follow Microsoft’s recent track record you will see a pattern. It begins with Steve Ballmer or any spokesperson from Microsoft making a disparaging comment about something

Recent smear campaign labels Boycott Novell a "software taliban"

Despite a struggling economy and public debt, the Hungarian government continues to spend millions on Microsoft licences when cheaper alternatives exist, say open source groups.

An attempt to promote a more ethical and beneficial ICT policy gets derailed by Microsoft and its allies/minions, quite frankly as usual

In response to the news this week that the city of Los Angeles is going Googlefied with a $7.25 million, five-year deal to adopt Gmail, Google Calendar and other applications, Novell's blog has an interesting rebuttal. Of course, the reason for the city's switch to Google's corner of the cloud is to save money that it would otherwise spend on expensive software licenses, and it will save.

Apple kicks Palm's Linux-powered phones out of iTunes and Blackboard spreads FUD about Free software counterparts

Microsoft uses Free software to serve the very opposite goal, which is to block Free software users from accessing Web sites