ASUS has made some questionable moves and people explain why

More new signs of Microsoft poisoning Free software using sponsorships, acquisitions, and Mono.

A few remarks about Microsoft "Oxite" and a video about "embrace, extend, and extinguish" (EEE)

VIA liaises with Microsoft; Lenovo seems to be favouring Microsoft and its partner Novell (excluding Red Hat)

Microsoft sponsors and uses (exploits) open source conference to promote its proprietary empire.

Embracing, extending, and extinguishing something is hardly a case of promotion, but gullible minds remain

Linux vendor Red Hat sure doesn't seem to like Microsoft much. Red Hat is now alleging that Microsoft is not committed to the path of peace with open source software vendors.

"Microsoft made a few mistakes in the Novell-Microsoft deal, and GPLv3 is designed to turn them against Microsoft, extending that limited patent protection to the whole community," explains GPLv3 co-author Richard M. Stallman.

Microsoft uses its analysts, lobbyists, freebies, and covert "think tanks" to put "Open Source" under its own fold