Tracing the source of the claims about Linux being "bloated" leads to no surprises and the allegations are soon being refuted

Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal’s Nick Wingfield broke a story on Microsoft selling a group of patents to a third party. The end result of this story is good for Linux, even though it doesn’t placate fears of ongoing attacks by Microsoft.

Microsoft (MFST) is "indoctrinating" Best Buy (BBY) workers to sell its highly anticipated Windows 7 operating system using outright lies about the performance of open-source competitor Linux, according to Linux experts and at least one Best Buy employee who has seen the alleged Microsoft training slides.

How Microsoft incites the public against those who are critical of its behaviour

Contrary to abundant FUD out there, ODF is not at risk due to the i4i lawsuit

Media FUD about CentOS is refuted. Boycott Novell runs on a CentOS server, so it is painful to watch The Register and some other publications spreading FUD about the project.

Microsoft, Novell and Apple fanfare proves challenging to GNU/FSF; the OSI may also face a new hurdle

Shackles of Mono justified using disinformation .