Novell hires someone from the Burton Group; Microsoft carries on with fake 'open source'

More on Microsoft's pressure groups in the governmental side of things

Novell and Microsoft continue to fund development with the desired bias of using Microsoft APIs; Microsoft pays for its share of OSBC (again) and gets to set the tone with a keynote speech

Microsoft has quietly hired Tom Hanrahan, formerly the Linux Foundation's director of engineering, to become its Director of Linux Interoperability. As part of his responsibilities, Hanrahan will manage the Microsoft/Novell Interoperability Lab that Microsoft began staffing up earlier this year.

Shortly after deciding to send users' search queries to Microsoft datacentres, Canonical hires a man who defends Microsoft for "options and competition"

Microsoft Hires Patton Boggs to Lobby Government on Google's Acquisition of DoubleClick

Novell hires a Microsoft veteran to be its chief .

Mind Control: To control mental output you have to control mental input. Take control of the channels by which developers receive information, then they can only think about the things you tell them. Thus, you control mindshare!

Microsoft is reported to the EC for overcharging, media contains a lot of Microsoft-imposed daemonisation