* "Get the Facts!" (AKA "Get the FUD!") campaign
- * $25M spent for "[[http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-870805.html | 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 ===
* Dumping Linux in Australia on the Asus EEE PC (2008)
+ * Inducing PC manufacturers to enter into [[http://www.justice.gov/atr/cases/f0000/0046.htm|anticompetitive licenses]] under which they must pay royalties to Microsoft even when they sell PCs containing non-Microsoft operating systems
+
+ * Political action to make [[http://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/sample/DOMIS/update/2006/05may/0506cpmtsl.htm | selling bare PCs illegal in China]] (2006).
=== Internet market share ===
=== Targeting open standards ===
-
* 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).
+
+
+=== Targeting Android ===
+
+ * [[http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20110322014831856|Undercover Microsoft lawyer]] attacks Android for alleged GPL violations (2011)
+
+ * [[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/when-patents-attack-android.html|Patent attack on Android]] from Microsoft, Apple and Oracle (2011)
+
+ * Campaign offering [[http://www.wpcentral.com/ben-rudolph-offering-5-unhappy-android-users-free-windows-phone|free Windows phones]] for badmouthing Android (2012)
-=== Targeting specific FLOSS projects ===
+
+=== Targeting specific Free Software projects ===
* Bribe Blender (2008)
* 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)
+
+
+=== Targeting Free Software licenses and development model ===
-=== Targeting OpenSource licenses and development model ===
+ * [[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)
* [[http://www.codeplex.org/|CodePlex foundation]] -- Motivation behind this initiative is still unclear (as of Sep 2009)
-=== Targeting Microsoft customers ===
+
+=== 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]]
+ * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDbrX5U75dk | Gmail Man campaign]], asking people to switch to Microsoft Office 365 (2012)
+
+ * [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4EbCkotKPU | Googlighting competitive campaign]] asking companies to stay with Microsoft Office (2012)
+
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