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  * "Get the Facts!" (AKA "Get the FUD!") campaign
 
- * "We have the way out!" campaign with Unisys
+ * $25M spent for "[[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-870805.html | We have the way out!]]" anti-Unix campaign with Unisys
 
 
 === Targeting Linux distributors ===
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 === Targeting open standards ===
 
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  * Creating OOXML to disrupt the Open Document Format.
 
  * Bribe ISO into accepting OOXML (2008)
 
  * The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_ID#Problems | Passport]] authentication scheme (aka Microsoft Wallet, aka Windows Live ID (2007).
 
+ * Tactic for [[http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20071023002351958|taking over standard panels]] by controlling the moderator (1997-2008).
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 === Targeting specific FLOSS projects ===
 
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  * The [[http://www.microsoft.com/uk/servers/winclientshearts/ | Windows loves PHP]] campaign to promote the WAMP platform (2008)
 
- * [[http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/10/microsoft-posts-video-of-customers-criticizing-openoffice.ars | Video against OpenOffice]] and OpenSource in general (2010)
+ * [[http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/10/microsoft-posts-video-of-customers-criticizing-openoffice.ars|Video against OpenOffice]] and OpenSource in general (2010)
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+ * [[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110322014831856|Undercover Microsoft lawyer]] attacks Android for alleged GPL violations (2011)
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+ * [[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-patents-attack-android.html|Patent attack on Android]] from Microsoft, Apple and Oracle (2011).
 
-=== Targeting OpenSource licenses and development model ===
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+=== Targeting Free Software licenses and development model ===
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+ * [[http://jan.wildeboer.net/2011/02/microsoft-absolutely-no-free-software-for-windows-phone-and-xbox-apps/|Exclude GPLv3 and other copyleft licenses from Windows Phone and XBox appstore]] (2011)
 
  * Claiming the GPLv3 is invalid and unenforceable (in the context of distributing the Novell "vouchers" to customers)
 
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  * [[http://www.codeplex.org/|CodePlex foundation]] -- Motivation behind this initiative is still unclear (as of Sep 2009)
 
-=== Targeting Microsoft customers ===
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+=== Targeting Microsoft's own customers ===
 
  * [[http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/06/microsoft-slips-ie-firefox-add-on-into-toolbar-update.ars | Microsoft hides mystery Firefox extension in toolbar update]]
 
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