Microsoft's agitation of Yahoo! since February 2008 takes its toll on more Free software-oriented staff

After years of hostility towards Free Software Foundation (FSF) licensing (here and here) Microsoft has announced the first in a series of PHP patches - and it's using an FSF license.

THE FREE SOFTWARE FOUNDATION (FSF) is to write to the leaders of 500 of the most influential non-governmental organizations (NGOs) worldwide to urge them to refuse Windows 7. The move is a stepping up of the FSF's campaign timed to coincide with the launch of Windows 7 and follows an earlier letter sent to 499 chief executives of Fortune 500 companies.

The lobbyists from Association for Competitive Technology (Microsoft proxy) attempt to poison EU law

Mr. Maritz and his partners/colleagues from Microsoft (former Microsoft executives who run VMware now) help Ballnux and Vista 7 at the expense of GNU/Linux, so Microsoft gets paid either way (or twice, in the case of virtualisation)

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

Microsoft sued in China; some blasts from the past; By lobbying for software patents, Microsoft hopes to harm everyone (but Free software more so)

How Microsoft, its offshoot Intellectual Ventures, and to a lesser degree Apple (which invests in Intellectual Ventures) harm Free software through the courtrooms

Facing sheer pressure, Microsoft goes out of its way to harm its competition