An accumulation of reports about Microsoft, its patent trolls, use of Novell, Red Hat's response and other trolls

Many new losses for Microsoft over the weekend.

A lot of Microsoft news can paint a grim picture. The following accumulation of news from the past week will hopefully shed light on the problems Microsoft as a whole is facing. It is well deserved.

At the Linux Collaboration Summit, Microsoft platform strategist Sam Ramji faced some tough questions during a panel about operating systems. He argued that Microsoft doesn't oppose open source software and that collaboration with the open source software community represents an opportunity for Microsoft.

An accumulation of new information about Microsoft's i4i fallout and use of software patents against its most potent competition, GNU/Linux

Reports that Microsoft had to release the Hyper-V Linux Integration Components (LinuxIC) under the GPLv2 because they had violated the GPL have been rebutted by Microsoft and Vyatta.

Tough words about Microsoft's fight against anything other than its own software that it controls entirely

Today's accumulation concentrates on a security nightmare, Microsoft action in China, and Windows Mobile

Have you ever wondered what really happens to those Windows error reports you can send to Microsoft whenever a Windows app crashes? How many reports it must receive before taking action? Or whether it's worth your time and effort to send duplicate reports if the error occurs repeatedly?