The Gartner Group and Fortify say bad things about Free software, but they say nothing about their relationship with Microsoft

Network World features an article today highlighting a press release released by Fortify promoting the results of a recent Fortify study that claims open source software is a massive security risk for companies. But Fortify's methodology is suspect, and it has a business reason to make these claims about open source software.

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

I was impressed by the work Fortify did in raising concerns about the security process among open source application developers. But did it really call for a FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) flood, questioning the whole premise of open source?

Two of Microsoft's partners are assisting its fight against GNU/Linux, which Ballmer labels biggest competitor

New data from Fortify Software finds that widely-used open source software packages do not employ best practices for securing code.

The British Conservative Party was wrong to slate the U.K. Government for its approach to open source, and U.S. outfit Fortify Software has come up with research to prove it. The bottom line: open source is just too risky anyway.

Microsoft's friend and ally, General Electric, is doing some dirty laundry in the FUD department

It gradually becomes clearer how Novell will get played by Microsoft, so have a look at the latest