Summary: Microsoft wants to befriend its prey, but antitrust complaints against Microsoft helps remind the prey of what it is

Microsoft has got unbelievable nerve trying to devour Java and GNU/Linux (see prior coverage in [1, 2]), which it files antitrust complaints against.

The real antitrust abuser is Microsoft, not Free software, where free means freedom. Here is an update about the UEFI antitrust complaint, which says progress is being made because "The European Commission is waiting for Microsoft's comments on a complaint against secure boot in Windows 8 before it takes its next step, according to the lawyer who filed the complaint.

"The real antitrust abuser is Microsoft, not Free software, where free means freedom.""José Maria Lancho, a Spanish lawyer who filed the plaint in March on behalf of 8,000 computer users who are part of Hispalinux, told iTWire that once the Commission heard back from Microsoft, the next step would be to review the company's comments and then decide about the preliminary injunction request which he had lodged."

As covered here before, there are additional reasons to worry about UEFI, patents included [1, 2], but the matter of fact is, there is an inherent incompatibility here with the concept of freedom, unless of course the user manages the keys on his/her computer hardware.

For Microsoft, UEFI is a victory on two levels; one is the fact that GNU and Linux become harder to explore and the other is that people become accustomed to having no freedom with devices they buy (Xbox One takes that further with the application layer and surveillance). ⬆