The Wall St. Journal reported today that, “For months, Microsoft has jabbed at Apple with an, at times, baffling advertising campaign for Windows PCs. Now Microsoft may finally land a solid blow against its rival [with its new campaign].”

Novell's CEO has some regrets about the Microsoft deal while Microsoft discredits Free software to promote Windows.

Privacy International (PI) wants to eliminate a Google product, but PI was said to have vested/conflicting interests

Steve Ballmer recently caught flack for essentially saying that Apple users pay an Apple tax of $500 for buying Macs compared to PCs. Does that mean that Linux users are forced to pay a Microsoft tax every time they buy a PC with Microsoft software on it?

After they ignore it and dismiss it, it is time for the age old sales technique of Fear Uncertainty and Doubt - FUD. These are the typical top 5 FUD SCARE myths trotted out by enterprise software salesmen.

Microsoft frowns upon FOSS advocate in Portugal and signs MOU/contract to undermine FOSS in India

I'm pulling the plug in openSUSE 11.1, and in the process, on Linux in general as a home system. So, like Béranger, I'm defecting from Linux to Windows as a rational act.

Interesting little moves around 'Microsoft as a standard' .