Microsoft vs. Linux

• Linux inner circle thumbs nose at Microsoft’s patent bravado
• Linspire signs Linux patent deal with Microsoft
• Open source project quickly builds Linux version of Microsoft browser plug-in
• Microsoft’s patent hard line hardest on startups

• Xandros joins Novell in licensing Microsoft IP
• Microsoft’s patent hard line hardest on startups
• Hilf: Microsoft won’t sue over Linux, for now
• Microsoft Subnet: The independent voice of Microsoft customers

• Top 10 things Microsoft loves/hates about open source
• Microsoft further opens up identity platform
• Microsoft funds new open source digital ID projects
• Microsoft demands royalties for open source software

Novell caught in the middle

• Novell says SUSE users safe from Microsoft’s GPLv3 moves 
• Novell: Microsoft deal good for Linux business
• Novell goes public with terms of Microsoft Linux deal
• Microsoft asserts patents, wants weaker system

• Linux community getting its second wind
• Linux users: ‘Sue me first, Microsoft’
• Open-source users, companies scoff at Microsoft threats
• Patent claims jar open source backers

• Microsoft open source patent analysis
• Patent claims complicated by GPLv3
• Microsoft patent claims hint at internal issues

• Blogger John Obeto: Microsoft isn’t the bad guy
• Blogger John Obeto: SMB Linux is a chimera

• Scott Bradner: Invisible patents as a uniform
• Tom Henderson: A call to action against Microsoft’s open source threats

• What did Novell get out of Linux?
• Is Microsoft preparing for the end of Windows and dominance of Linux?
• Microsoft sues Immersion
• Mailbag: Readers weigh in on the hottest Microsoft/Linux controversy yet
• Microsoft and karma
• Novell’s filings with the SEC on Linux

• Microsoft signs another Linux licensing deal
• Microsoft won’t sue over Linux
• Unfortunate that Dell is joining Novell and Microsoft on Linux
• Where do you stand on the debate?
• Microsoft’s scream of frustration on Linux

Reaction to Keith’s anti-Microsoft operating system rant.

Open source investor Larry Augustin says Microsoft should ‘put up or shut up’ on patent threats.