M$ is looking for talent to compete against GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org. No, it is not trying to improve its own product. It just wants someone to put down the competition. We should expect more dirty tricks and misinformation campaigns in the next 30-90 days. They’ve already bullied OEMs, flooded retailers with misinformation, and dumped their product whenever it looked like GNU/Linux would make a big move. What next? Sorting through garbage bins? Paying bribes/offering big discounts? No. They’re going to engage with FLOSS communities. Expect more dissension, defections, lawsuits, Astroturfing and mayhem. It won’t make any difference in the outcome but it might slow things down. We can wait. Isn’t it amazing that one of the largest and most powerful corporations on Earth fears competition, and instead of producing a great product, resorts to dirty tricks? Why don’t their sharefholders notice the squandering of resources? Cannot anyone at M$ see the cliff’s edge approaching? Is it too late to become a business and work for a living?
On the other hand, this must mean that GNU/Linux and OpenOffice.org are doing really well. I knew that all along… 
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