== Microsoft's dirty tactics against FreeSoftware ==

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=== Targeting GNU/Linux ===

 * Linux is a Cancer (Steve Ballmer)

 * Linux is unamerican (Steve Ballmer)
 
 * Linux TCP/IP stack slower than Windows 2000's

 * Microsoft behind SCO's "smoking gun" claims against Linus Torvalds

 * Trying to bribe Tanembaum against Linus Torvalds

 * Software patent lobby at the EU parliament

 * "Get the Facts!" (AKA "Get the FUD!") campaign

 * "We have the way out!" campagin with Unisys


=== Targeting Linux distributors ===

 * Paying Novell with the "vouchers" for unclear "interoperability" agreements

 * Paying Novell again

 * Attempting to [[http://olpcnews.com/sales_talk/microsoft/how_microsoft_got_xp_on_the_xo.html | take over OLPC]] (2005)

=== Targeting hardware vendors ===

 * [[http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/15/technology/microsoft_olpc.fortune/index.htm | Undisclosed deal between Bill Gates and Nicholas Negroponte]], disrupting OLPC (2008)

 * Dumping Linux in Australia on the Asus EEE PC (2008)


=== Targeting Apple ===

 * Fake "Mac switchers" campaign with stock photos of models

 * The "I'm a PC" campaign (2008)


=== Targeting open standards ===


 * Creating OOXML to disrupt the Open Document Format.

 * Bribe ISO into accepting OOXML (2008)

 * Passport


=== Targeting specific FLOSS projects ===

 * Bribe Blender (2008)

 * Bribe PHP (2008)

 * $100K bribe to Apache Software Foundation (2008)

 * The [[http://www.microsoft.com/uk/servers/winclientshearts/ | Windows loves PHP]] campaign to promote the WAMP platform (2008)


=== Targeting OpenSource licenses ===

 * Claiming the GPL is invalid and unenforceable

 * Halloween documents

=== Misc ===

 * The (RED) campaign with the U2 (2008)


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