Microsoft drops Smart Tags ...

Microsoft drops Smart Tags from Windows XP. Thank you!

VA Linux is dropping out of the Linux hardware market and laying off 35 percent of its staff. This may be a sign that they're prepping themselves for acquisition.

Slashdot: Using MSDN requires a Microsoft Passport account

Linux Magazine: What is Required for GCC to Support Microsoft's .NET? [via Hack the Planet]

O'ReillyNet: Microsoft Plans Shared Source .NET

The Struggle Against Microsoft. Some interesting links.

Support Group for People Used by Microsoft. Heh.

From 1999: Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 versus UNIX

Interesting. Somehow I missed this Microsoft Defense Site last summer, as sponsored by the Ayn Rand Institute.

Junkbusters: Microsoft and Privacy

Star Trek TNG Meets Microsoft. Old, but funny.