And as such, we decided to post our response so people can understand the issues at stake in the case.

All we want from Lindows.com is just that they change their name, ... Nobody at Microsoft is saying that he shouldn't go out and build a better mousetrap.... He just shouldn't call it the same name as our mousetrap.

In the last few weeks, we have received some clarity from the commission and the monitoring trustee that has been very helpful.

At issue are whether companies can improve their products by developing new features, and whether a successful company must hand over its valuable intellectual property to competitors.

The writing is clearly on the wall for these actions, and we will not be pursuing them any further.

committed to putting whatever resources are necessary towards completing this project.

Bill Gates adamantly denies ever making such a comment, ... This is just another attempt to deflect interest from the real issues in this case.

Bill Gates adamantly denies ever making such a comment. This is just another attempt to deflect interest from the real issues in this case.

We certainly do work with a number of vendor companies in China that support our work force here in Redmond. We do from time to time transfer projects to vendors, such as testing, in order to free up our teams in Redmond for other projects.

We will transfer projects such as testing to places like China and India in order to allow our teams (in Redmond) to work on other projects.