They say that a drowning man will clutch at straws, in essence, clutching at what is available. Microsoft is no different; but it has strong hands and has more available to it than just straws.

It has large businesses and governments instead of straws.

Microsoft Takes on Linux in Ad Campaign points to the hand squeezing.

But are these the facts? Is it a mistake that the 'independant analyses' are at the very bottom of the page.

No, if you want the facts, don't stop at Microsoft's pages. Do some real research, don't read marketing.

Free Software offers more potential for intangibles - like knowledge and data.

And don't forget to look at Licence fees and GDP per capita, which affects the baseline of the business by the very country that they are in.

No, Free Software doesn't want to clutch you. Free Software is trying to help you, and it's larger than the businesses that are advocating it.