Microsoft's entrance into a panel that it has battled against for about a decade leads to great skepticism and worry among those who paid attention to Microsoft's behaviour

What was amusing was the hoopla generated by the discovery of a hidden Easter egg in Microsoft's flagship product, while all the while, a much bigger story remains in play.
Microsoft continues to sell consumers an operating system that needs anti-virus protection.

Another long batch of denial of service attacks on the site gives room for thought

Microsoft legal has decided to react passively to the news of Ylmf OS, a Linux distribution that clones the look and feel of Windows XP.

Microsoft is looking for “Linux and Open Office Compete Lead” this could turn out for the good of everyone This one depends on just what they’re looking to do. If on the other decide to use the competition to create better more reliable and secure products, then this could turn out so much better for both the consumer and in fact open source as well.

Microsoft does not compete but rather it is attempting to simply squash or eliminate known deployments of the competition, as a new job posting confirms

A lot of companies that are connected to Microsoft increase fear of Free software for security and liability

Inaccurate reporting and spinning about Novell's gift to Microsoft; The BBC to prevent Free software users from accessing services they have already paid for