It's time to standardise on KVM, decides the Linux Foundation. For those who are new to this discussion, here is necessary background on Ignition Partners, XenSource, Citrix, and Microsoft. It's reassuring to see that not only Canonical and Red Hat (in that order) realised what was going on.

Citrix enables Microsoft's GNU/Linux-hostile hypervisor using Xen (XenSource), which it bought

On the heels of Tuesday’s successful VMware IPO, rumors are again circulating that Citrix and XenSource may be hatching an acquisition deal just as the server and desktop virtualization markets are red hot.

Citrix and Microsoft do something similar to what Microsoft and Novell did

Citrix (with Xen) gets even closer to Microsoft and Windows

Using another so-called "promise", Microsoft has just implicitly confirmed that it is on a warpath against people who make money selling Free software

A stacked panel in ISO (occupied by Microsoft employees) has open admissions of a scheme to hijack ODF

The USPTO needs advice from the public as flaws are realised and a solution is seen as required

Novell is fed by Microsoft and it also serves Microsoft, this latest situation being a possible new example (Microsoft and Novell try to hijack OOO.)