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When Hovsepian signed a pact with Ballmer, it was tantamount to an admission of guilt over IP infringements, and thus put every other GNU/Linux distributor in a compromising position, putting pressure on those distributors to also make that "confession" and join that protection racket. This further undermined the perceived integrity of GNU/Linux - forcing companies to re-evaluate their positions on Open Source - and decide between either abandoning their GNU/Linux adoption plans, or stick with the "safe" Novell distribution. Pity it didn't quite work out the way Microsoft hoped but nevertheless, the intention was malicious, and Novell was complicit. I hope they enjoy their 30 pieces of silver, and don't spend it all at once.

17 September 2007 - All government agencies must change to open source software, the national government says in an action plan presented today. Amsterdam is already testing such software and will decide on whether to renew its Microsoft contract in December.

http://www.nieuwsuitamsterdam.nl/English/2007/09/open_source.htm

The Swedish Standards Institute has overturned the controversial "yes" vote for Microsoft's OOXML "standard", after discovering that one the many attending Microsoft representatives had voted twice. Earlier it was revealed that Microsoft had bribed its so-called "Gold Partners" to attend and vote "yes", promising "extra marketing money" for those who subverted the process.