Signs of increased patent aggression in Microsoft's behaviour amid sinking profits

Microsoft continues to play hardball and it evades justice in the European Web browsers case

Microsoft essentially blocks GNU/Linux in Korea by poisoning Web sites; Silverlight snubs certain Web browsers; more blasts from the past divulged

Microsoft's abuses still lack reactionary regulation

When I was heading to download IE8 to test its JS performance, I saw this link about "Getting the facts" on web browsers. Having the knowledge of what "Get the facts" meant back in time when that was devoted to trying to put GNU/Linux in bad light against Windows-et-all, I just couldn't help myself and went in there to see what was showing up.

Microsoft uses aggressive, dishonest marketing to promote proprietary software that interferes with standards

In its effort to detangle itself from the ongoing proceedings of the European Union antitrust case, it seems Microsoft is offering to include rival web browsers in the Windows OS.

Back in 2002, Jim Allchin was co-president of Microsoft's Platforms and Services Division and was, in his own words, "scared" of the momentum behind Linux, as noted in an email [PDF] sent to several of his direct reports. So what did Allchin do? As court documents in the Comes vs.

Microsoft - as a group of people - resorts to shooting down all opposition to its subversion of ODF interoperability while Rick Jelliffe, who makes a living from Microsoft contracts, changes Wikipedia to reflect on Microsoft's convictions