A quick look at ways in which Microsoft markets its closed ecosystem under misleading banners. THERE are all sorts of articles out there that can truly bother one's mind. For starters, Microsoft's latest spin on "Open" XML is being deconstructed by Andre...

A new sample of Microsoft/Novell overlaps .

Microsoft has made a business out of selling licenses to run software that can be copied at no marginal cost, this everybody knows. Essentially, they manufacture software, but their product isn’t computer code, it’s legal code. Contracts.

Political parties in the country embrace FOSS, but Microsoft carries on with EDGI, gifts, and dumping of software

McKesson, Android and G1 hit by patent trolls .

Quote: "are they distributing FAT kernel components under GPL while paying for Microsoft licenses for that technology?"

Samba project leader Jeremy Allison has accused Microsoft of trying to prevent people using and distributing software under the GNU General Public Licence, by forcing cross-patent licensing deals.