Microsoft's assault extends to the entire LAMP stack (and above), not just GNU/Linux

OpenSUSE community manager Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier has been caught out spreading misinformation about the patent deal that Microsoft signed with his employer, Novell, a little over three years ago.

Using another so-called "promise", Microsoft has just implicitly confirmed that it is on a warpath against people who make money selling Free software

Microsoft may begin collecting royalties again for licensing some protocols because clear technical documentation is now available, according to the US Department of Justice.

EU antitrust regulators are set to accept next week an amended offer by Microsoft that would allow PC users in Europe to choose other web browsers, two people familiar with the situation said on Monday.

The eternal battle to win a unified/harmonised/communal patent system (lobbied for by Charlie McCreevy, amongst others under these euphemisms) makes dangerous strides that threaten Free software

A defense of software patents backfires in the eyes of some; more news about the harms of intellectual monopolies

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux clones debate returns as a company with Microsoft connections adds a new service