Microsoft acquiring GitHub is a good thing. Here’s why.

https://medium.com/@ow/microsoft-acquiring-github-is-a-good-thing-heres-why-6a6a57eb83ac
Why Microsoft buying GitHub is a Good Thing. 

Microsoft’s most vulnerable monopoly

https://medium.com/swlh/microsofts-most-vulnerable-monopoly-55eaefd8ba34
Microsoft's cash cow is no longer Windows but Office. But How and Why is this so?

The End of Windows

https://stratechery.com/2018/the-end-of-windows/
Microsoft re-orgs without a top-level "Windows" division. 

The Big Three Make a Play for the Fog

https://iot-for-all.com/the-big-three-make-a-play-for-the-fog-d47f9021d8ba#.n40wckopz
What's the "Fog"? The IoT stuff at the edge of the cloud. How Amazon, Google and Microsoft play:

Microsoft Shows Linux Love by Joining the Linux Foundation

https://redmondmag.com/articles/2016/11/16/microsoft-joins-linux-foundation.aspx
Microsoft becomes Platinum-level sponsor of the Linux Foundation.

Microsoft really does love Linux

http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/15/12926288/microsoft-really-does-love-linux
Article about #microsoft's #opensource contributions. Bit of a misleading title. opensource > linux