Microsoft's concession to offer a so-called "browser ballot" in the European version of Windows 7 has been covered extensively. European buyers of Windows 7 will, except when the OEM has a separate deal, be presented with a choice of browsers, ordered by estimated market share.

Signs of increased patent aggression in Microsoft's behaviour amid sinking profits

This year Microsoft has been making changes to the way it approaches Linux and open source in ways I had never expected. Some of the areas that Microsoft made changes in are significant, while other aspects of their changes are, to be honest, predictable...

A quick look at people who welcome Microsoft into the realms of its sworn enemy

While putting it in the way of the weasel, Microsoft is still pushing what amounts to a tax on users of Internet standards

Novell's development of Mono steps outside the sandbox defined by Microsoft's Community Promise

The truth being they are more trouble than they are worth. Ever since the State Street case set off a gold rush to patent software, and software concepts, Microsoft has been tieing itself in knots. (Here is a fun game. Invite your favorite Microsoft employee to lunch and then show up in this snazzy t-shirt from Zazzle.com. Inspiration for Insanity indeed.)