Microsoft's Smart and Dumb Moves in 2011
Control Open Source Programming with Windows 8
Microsoft had created a controversy when it demanded the hardware developers to implement the next generation boot specification in its secure mode, which is known as Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. This prevents users from loading operating systems and drivers onto a device when it is in secure mode. It usually comes with an off button but Microsoft wanted the hardware makers to remove the button which prevents the open source developers from installing other OS like Linux.
Problems with Office 365
Microsoft has launched its upgraded version of Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS), Office 365 in 2011 in order to compete with wide adoption of the Google apps. But the product lacked certain features as it rolled out without a perfect feature set. The testers always complain about the limitations in importing the contacts. Also office 365 doesn’t match some of the main features of its rivals like simultaneous co editing in word processing documents.