Although Microsoft publicly testifies from every available pulpit of their deep longing for multiple document formats, a quick glance at reality shows that this love remains unrequited in their products. For example, what new formats does Office 2007 include out of the box?

It seems the average people are constantly being brainwashed by the Linux community about Linux being the perfect replacement to Windows.

"As we've pointed out before, the RIAA's attempts to sue college students for file-sharing have not gone as smoothly as it would like. The latest evidence comes from the US District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, where the record labels are looking for more time to respond to a motion from a group of Oklahoma State University students to quash a subpoena issued to the school..."

Microsoft employees may end up holding their noses a bit while surfing the Web on the company's new bus system. The mobile wireless routers on board the company's "Connector" employee bus system, made by Seattle-based Junxion Inc., use the open-source Linux operating system -- which Microsoft has identified as one of its biggest competitive threats.

Microsoft's licensing plans are a twisted knot of complexity that the company is trying to untangle.

Multimedia browser plug-in Silverlight targets Adobe, aims at bringing animation, video and other rich media to Web-based applications.

While I think this is a difficult challenge, I don’t think it is an insurmountable challenge. Microsoft can afford an army of lawyers and hopefully some of them are extremely bright and can come up with creative solutions that might allow Microsoft to leverage and even bundle Open Source software in a safe manner.

"So I have a new word to add to my open-source lexicon: source-open (reference). It's when you start an open-source company and back-pedal on your original license when you reach a certain critical mass..."