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-== Microsoft's dirty tactics against FreeSoftware ==
+== Microsoft's VS Free Software ==
 
-steve_ballmer_bill_gates_i_wish_i_knew_how_to_quit_you.jpg
+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 just be brought
-or driven to bankruptcy as usual.
+against an extremely resilient competitor that couldn't be simply brought
+or driven out of business in the conventional ways.
+
+steve_ballmer_bill_gates_i_wish_i_knew_how_to_quit_you.jpg
 
 
 === Targeting GNU/Linux ===
 
+ * [[http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2009/09/linux-foundation-to-microsoft-stop-secretly-attacking-linux.ars | Selling Linux related patents to trolls ]] (Sep 2009)
+
+ * [[http://www.ditii.com/2009/09/08/microsoft-linux-vs-windows-7-slideshow-for-retailers-targets-linux/ | Linux vs Windows 7 slides for retailers]] (Aug 2009)
+
+
  * [[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/ | Linux is a Cancer]] -- Steve Ballmer, CEO (2001)
 
  * [[http://www.linux.com/feature/8374 | Linux is un-American]] -- Jim Allchin, Windows chief officer (2001) 
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ or driven to bankruptcy as usual.
 
  * "Get the Facts!" (AKA "Get the FUD!") campaign
 
- * "We have the way out!" campagin with Unisys
+ * "We have the way out!" campaign with Unisys
 
 
 === Targeting Linux distributors ===
@@ -79,12 +87,13 @@ or driven to bankruptcy as usual.
 
 === Targeting OpenSource licenses and development model ===
 
- * Claiming the GPL is invalid and unenforceable
+ * Claiming the GPLv3 is invalid and unenforceable (in the context of distributing the Novell "vouchers" to customers)
 
  * 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)
 
+ * [[http://www.codeplex.org/|CodePlex foundation]] -- Motivation behind this initiative is still unclear (as of Sep 2009)
 
 == Help wanted! ==