THE latest Microsoft Office crime happens to have earned Microsoft a conviction, unlike so many OOXML crimes that the European Commission has not yet addressed. Justice is slow, but sometimes it eventually arrives. There continues to be a lot of coverage of this all over the Web. The coverage which comes from ITWire calls it "price-fixing" and "collusion".

Microsoft and its apologists rewrite the story of GPL violations; Microsoft is seen invading more competitors and panels, using money at times

If Microsoft executes effectively on its new interoperability promises, it could repair its tarnished reputation in the technology industry and help the company get out of its own way to compete more effectively with Google.

Most people have heard the phrase “the last straw“. When it comes to Microsoft, people will moan and groan that they wish their Vista computers didn’t suck so bad. Yet they still bought them, many even knowing Vista’s reputation. Most knowing, first hand, Microsoft’s reputation. Why? Because that’s what they came with.

A look at reputation laundering from Microsoft and how easily it can be refuted, by showing that Microsoft still attacks software freedom, abuses US/international law, and harms programmers in general

Increasing proximity between Microsoft and Novell across publications this week

Microsoft cannot deny trying to "screw Linux" by proxy; Miguel de Icaza's new role at Microsoft revisited

Further to this week's Microsoft Office crimes (and conviction) in Germany, the return on investment in OOXML corruption is debated

A look back at lost evidence and recollections in light of Novell's affair with Microsoft.