Some low-level customer support person didn't do what they were supposed to do in order to stop the calls

Initially, yes, but what about the calls that happened after she initiated her lawsuit? None of the lawyers asked if the calls were continuing? None of the bosses asked if the calls were continuing? This wasn't just a low-level f*ck-up.

"they'll just pass the cost on to consumers". I'm at a loss to determine what you think the alternative would be.

Reduced dividends to stockholders. Or reduced retained earnings (which should result in reduced stock price).

They've already announced they want to add SSH/SCP to Windows Server 10/2016.

Without a BASH shell, GNU utilities, etc., not likely to have much impact.

Microsoft wants to see BSD succeed,

Indeed, Microsoft wants BSD to succeed over Linux. BSD can be controlled, Linux can't due to the licenses used.

I'll probably be modded down to troll for this but: Microsoft indirectly sounded the death knell for a product today that was killed by Linux -- Windows Phone.

Greece, and the officials who they voted into office. They created their own mess. They lied about that mess. And, they got help, but still couldn't get their shit all in one bucket.

So much wrongness in one post.

1. You have no room for the idea that bankers (and their enablers) who knowingly lend money that cannot be repaid do not share in the guilt?

2. It wasn't really Greece that was bailed out. Instead, it was the banks that own the debts.

3. Arguably, the austerity measures already imposed have made the situation in Greece worse, not better.

4. Here is the real worry for EU politicians: that Greece may make a successful exit from the Euro. Other countries might want to follow.

Windows kernel, Linux UI.

You actually want BSODs? Or was that a whooshing sound that I just heard?

It's not Germany's fault that Greece didn't live within their means. And once they got in trouble they could have simply reformed by spending responsibly, cutting pensions, and accepted austerity fully. But no, they chose not to do that either. Now the mean people are shutting off the teet.

If you lie to get a mortgage [join the Euro-zone], it's your own fault when things go wrong. What if the bank knows that you are lying? It was common knowledge that the figures Greece used to justify joining the Euro-zone were not realistic. Those bureaucrats must have known. Who is at fault now?

The real problem here is not Greece, but the precedent that it sets. There are much larger economies in the Euro-zone that may need a bail-out in the future.

That sounds suspiciously like my patent on aural telepathy. Expect to hear from my lawyers.

But won't he be violating your patent again when he "hears" from your lawyers?

When you share Wi-Fi network access with Facebook friends, Outlook.com contacts, or Skype contacts, they'll be connected to the password-protected Wi-Fi networks that you choose to share and get Internet access when they're in range of the networks (if they use Wi-Fi Sense).

What is even more interesting is that it apparently automatically accepts any terms of use and provides passwords to web-based WiFi access logins, which could create some interesting legal situations (did you really accept the terms, and are you logging in with someone else's username/password)?

IIRC, ambiguous language in a contract, or that which is not defined or poorly defined, should generally be found to be in favor of the person receiving the contract

No. This is generally only the case if one side did not have the opportunity to negotiate the contract. I very much doubt that this is true in this case.

Thre are 3 great lies in this world:
1. The check (cheque) is in the mail (post).
2. Of course I will respect you in the morning.
3. It's fixed in the next version.