Summary: Many thousands of additional layoffs at Microsoft are reported as the effort to extract lots of 'protection money' from Linux falls short of expectations

Matt Rosoff, a Microsoft booster who is professionally close to Microsoft as we pointed out before [1, 2, 3, 4], says "A huge shift in the Android market is hurting Microsoft" (previous headline was, "Microsoft Android patent-licensing revenue falling").

"In the release," he wrote, "Microsoft noted that its patent-licensing revenue was down 26% from a year ago. And it's because of Android."

"Microsoft may be a dying/rapidly declining company, but it doesn't mean it won't try to poach GNU/Linux professionals and 'steal' the industry as part of the "extend" phase of E.E.E."Nevertheless, this strategy evidently continues. Yes, Microsoft's extortion against Linux is still a core business now that layoffs are unstoppable, in spite of massive tax evasion.

According to this new article, "18,000 Job Cuts Loom in Sight for Microsoft Employees" and to quote: "Microsoft is also cutting 5.500 more jobs because they want to focus on its mobile and cloud productivity software, including Windows Phone, Office 36, Skype, Windows Azure, Bing and OneDrive."

Microsoft may be a dying/rapidly declining company, but it doesn't mean it won't try to poach GNU/Linux professionals and 'steal' the industry as part of the "extend" phase of E.E.E. Vigilance is required here. ⬆