Microsoft 'loves' Linux? Then stop attacking open source

[Kent Sharkey]

[Infoworld](http://Everyone is well-aware by now that Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 have not seen the impressive adoption rate of their predecessor. Yet the duo had a particularly good run last month, finally passing 15 percent market share together, according to the latest figures from Net Applications.)[[^](http://Everyone is well-aware by now that Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 have not seen the impressive adoption rate of their predecessor. Yet the duo had a particularly good run last month, finally passing 15 percent market share together, according to the latest figures from Net Applications.)]:

Like an abusive partner, Microsoft says it 'loves' Linux -- when what it means is that it desperately needs Linux.

It's almost as if there are multiple parts of Microsoft, all working to their own benefits (imagine that).

[Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan]

It's business my friend, it's business! You have to say what you hate to say just to attract audience.

You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime, yo - Eminem ~! Firewall !~

[TheGreatAndPowerfulOz]

codependency at it's best (or worst?).

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein

[Arthur F Souza]

Hard to pay much attention to an article that begins by quoting a statement from 2001.

- A.