MSFT should be careful. IBM has a large pocket portfolio, very deep pockets, and lots to lose if MSFT is allowed to bully FOSS with silly patent litigation.
I’m sure I read somewhere recently that the home computer division of IBM is now chinese owned and that starting in november of this year, no new IBM home PC will be shipped with any microsoft products installed. I also read somewhere that the EU is at odds with MS and is fining them billions of dollars for anti-trust type stuff, I think. Also, I think I read that Linux is now mandriva and is mostly a french thing now and that germany has already banned MS from government buildings.
I think I read somewhere also that google is working on it’s own operating system.
I can’t remember where I read any of this. Can anyone verify any of this? It’s all from memory and kinda fuzzy.