The MS patent fiasco

I came across these two articles about the recent patent infringement claims by Microsoft against Linux, one interesting and one insightful (Via Linux&OpenSrc Blog) and both brilliant.
I'll say no more. Just head to the articles.

Seven Reasons Microsoft Loves Open Source — TalkBMC

Seven Reasons Microsoft Loves Open Source — TalkBMC.
Interesting. And i thought Microsoft and open source had no love lost between them.
From the post:...
They aren’t threatened by open source.

Open source is not the threat; Linux is. Don’t confuse the two. Open source is growing rapidly, but Linux has several distinguishing features that make it the real challenger. It’s more mature than other projects, it has a larger, more organized developer base, and it’s well financed. IBM has spent hundreds of millions of dollars developing, distributing, and advertising Linux, not open source. Microsoft doesn’t fear open source; it fears what the competition can do with it.

Fruits of Hardwork

Doesn't it feel great when people around the world are using something that you've toiled on? Check out this post and this post
about Windows Vista ship gifts for employees who worked on the development of Vista.