Dear Microsoft: I'm writing in regard to your recent FREE LAPTOP COMPUTER giveaway program for members of the industry media/analyst community. It is my understanding that authors and pundits who are "friends" of Microsoft -– i.e.

It's inevitable. With Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s showcasing of Windows 7's pre-beta edition at PDC, the Boys From Redmond have thrown down a gauntlet to the Linux community that's been angling to take over the netbook market (and then maybe the desktop). Anything you can do, they say, we can do better.

A low-vision (or blind) person explains the dangers of the Novell/Microsoft deal

Here is a video where John McCain speaks about intellectual monopolies and software patents.

The European Patent Office (EPO) passes the issue of software patentability to the top appeals body

An analysis of some connections of interest (and tax breaks)

Novell buys Managed Objects, so presented here is a summary of coverages

A very large amount of news detailing Microsoft's demise