Software Patents, Microsoft Trolls and Intellectual Monopoly Miscellany

"It results in promotional articles and inaccurate revisionist placements, which Bill Gates and His Press Rewrite History Amid Semi-retirement [glorify Gates] and pitch in Microsoft’s favour"

"ComputerWorld, NetworkWorld, LinuxWorld and many other publications tainted by Microsoft influence"

"Windows has not just a marketing problem; there are some more critical problems, such as those which result in approximately 320,000,000 zombie PCs"

"Novell did not merely sign a deal with Microsoft. It conspired because it needed the money"

"Microsoft loves what it pretentiously calls “piracy”. It owes its very existence to it"

"There is actually a lot of positive news for ODF"

"Could it be because reports are suggesting that Google Apps, for which Chrome is optimised, are ’stealing’ customers from Microsoft? Sales of Microsoft Office are already declining"

"This is not procurement. This is sleaze"

"It seems to be running Microsoft Windows"

"Microsoft’s image as a company has degraded"

"Scientology, which has become synonymous with the phrase “dangerous cult”, seems to have just been mentioned in an interesting context"

"unacceptable behaviour from Microsoft, which includes deception and even academic kickbacks."

"Microsoft reported a significant drop in profits and its stock tanked."

"Confirming what was already known (to an extent), the government refuses to put its weight behind a big push that some say could weaken or eliminate software patents"

"This is just a very quick roundup that serves as a reminder of the “Alice in Wonderland” state we must cope with (or fight against)."

"Microsoft was caught deceiving on copyrights using inaccurate ‘propaganda documents’"

"Microsoft is trying to taint everything with intellectual monopolies"

"Assorted news on a new breed of trolls (software patents)"

"Turn competitor into own cash cow, make it more expensive and thus less desirable"