== Microsoft's VS Free Software ==
-Why does Microsoft deserve special treatment among all the companies producing proprietary software? **Microsoft is the only company that actively and repeatedly tried for years to kill FreeSoftware and Linux.**
+Why does Microsoft deserve special casing among all companies producing proprietary software? Because
+**Microsoft is the only company that actively and repeatedly tried for years to kill FreeSoftware and Linux.**
This is a collection of a variety of strategies attempted by Microsoft
against an extremely resilient competitor that couldn't be simply brought
-or driven to bankruptcy.
+or driven out of business in the conventional ways.
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* The [[http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/ | Halloween documents]] (1998-2004)
- * Microsoft claims that [[http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-152099.html | OSS violates 235 (unspecified) patents]]
+ * Microsoft claims that [[http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-152099.html | OSS violates 235 (unspecified) patents]] (FUD)
== Help wanted! ==