Microsoft's insiders in government help raise money for the Obama campaign, which is akin to paying him

"...Today, your government is sponsoring Adobe and Microsoft through the licensing mechanism (by “generously” installing on the public offices’ desks Microsoft+Adobe, rather than Ubuntu), but it should, instead, sponsor the GNU, Debian and FreeBSD projects. These projects form the infrastructure of practical democracy, they embody the free speech in its most accurate form.

The Microsoft-stuffed European Commission is caving in to Microsoft and the threat of software patents in Europe grows

Obama, the first true 21st century President, and his staff have arrived at the White House to find themselves stuck with 20th century Microsoft software… and they’re not happy.

In 2002, that would have been Windows. Today, it's likely to be Adobe Reader or Flash Player, whose share of vulnerabilities and exploits are on the rise while Microsoft's is falling.

Obama's inauguration in Microsoft Silverlight; no access to GNU/Linux users

News about banks, Microsoft, Paul Allen's voyages, and Microsoft's funding of the US president

Innocence, greed or ignorance of politicians get exploited by Microsoft, which turns more citizens into Microsoft customers

We previously pointed out, backed by fairly extensive evidence, that Microsoft has a high level of influence and control over the government, especially the Department of Injustice [sic]. Intel is a similar story that is related to that of Microsoft.