While looking up some unrelated news, I stumbled across this story in the Washington Post.

If ever I think that I am being unfair in my opinions of MSFT and their products and business, something like this comes along to reinforce the point that their arrogance and greedy self-interest know no bounds.

Next: Gates and Ashcroft hold joint press conference to announce formation of HUACC (House Un-American Computing Committee).

I bet this quote from the article doesn't come as any surprise...

"A Microsoft Corp. spokesman ... also said Microsoft did not focus on potential security flaws."

I bet this quote from the article doesn't come as any surprise...

Yep, all that falling glass can hurt!

The part that ticked me off the most was:

" John Stenbit, an assistant secretary of defense and the Defense Department's chief information officer, said Microsoft has said using free software with commercial software might violate the intellectual-property rights of companies such as Microsoft. Stenbit said the issue is legally 'murky.'"

Is this CIO actually swallowing all or some of this?

Yeah, I read this today too and almost posted it... Amazing how they say that the Pentagon is morally wrong for using open source software...