“Microsoft continues to find itself caught between a rock and a
hard place when it comes to the-little-operating-system-that-could.
While Microsoft execs seem to have been hoping that if they ignored
Linux it would just go away, that’s not going to happen. Not when
Microsoft’s other/better half, Intel, continues to throw investment
money at just about every Linux distribution company. Nor when any
white-box vendor that attaches its star to Linux sees its valuation
rise nearly 800 percent on its IPO day.”
“But it’s not simply Linux’s notoriety that makes it a continued
sore spot for Microsoft. Microsoft can’t free itself from
Linux’s clutches because it continues to issue confused messages
regarding Linux.“