Microsoft is manufacturing ammunition against GNU/Linux and also lowering its prices, blaming/citing "piracy" as the cause

Life without walls is the title of microsoft's new advertising campaign. It is yet another example of microsoft taking someone else's idea and trying to claim it as their own. This has put me in rant mode because for a long time there has been a quote floating around in the Linux camp. It goes like this "In a world without walls. Who needs windows and gates?"

An analogy explaining why Mono is the wrong way to go.

Todd Bishop leaves leaves his position and there is no word yet about his plans

FUD attacks on ODF and GNU/Linux apparently bring a reward: a job at Microsoft.

In many ways, Microsoft has little to worry about, at least not for now. Sure, they are losing market share steadily, but for their lead to be toppled it would take years and years, or would it?

I've been thinking about something for a few days now. It's about the latest Novell-Microsoft deal that was announced on August 20, where Microsoft agreed to buy another $100 million worth of vouchers from Novell. I was wondering: how come two public companies can make a deal that seems to me to be material and yet keep pieces of the deal secret?