Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Kodayake Torvalds ya ce tunanin Microsoft na barazanar Linux a baya ba shi da wani sakamako a gare shi, sansanin Microsoft da Linux suna da wasu mu'amala tsakanin 1997 da 2001. Wannan ya bayyana a fili a lokaci na farko a shekara ta 1998, sa'ad da Eric S. Raymond ya fito da takardar Halloween ta farko. Wannan ɗan gajeren rubutu ne daga mai haɓaka Microsoft wanda ya nemi bayyana barazanar da software na kyauta ke yi wa Microsoft da kuma gano dabarun da za a magance waɗannan barazanar. Gasar ta shiga wani sabon yanayi a farkon 2004, lokacin da Microsoft ta buga sakamako daga nazarin shari'ar abokin ciniki wanda ke kimanta amfani da Windows vs. Linux a ƙarƙashin sunan <unk> Samu Facts <unk> a kan shafin yanar gizonta. Dangane da bincike, manazarta bincike, da wasu binciken da Microsoft ke tallafawa, nazarin shari'ar ya yi iƙirarin cewa amfani da Linux a kan sabobin idan aka kwatanta da amfani da Windows ta fuskar aminci, tsaro, da jimillar kuɗin mallaka. A cikin martani, masu rarraba Linux na kasuwanci sun samar da nasu nazarin, binciken da kuma shaidu don magance yakin Microsoft. Yaƙin neman zaɓen Novell na yanar gizo a ƙarshen 2004 an yi wa lakabi da "Unbending the truth" kuma ya nemi nuna fa'idodi da kuma kawar da alhakin doka da aka yi wa tallafin Linux (musamman dangane da shari'ar SCO v IBM). Novell musamman ya koma ga binciken Microsoft a cikin maki da yawa. IBM kuma ta buga jerin karatu a karkashin taken "The Linux at IBM competitive advantage" don sake yin yakin neman zaben Microsoft. Red Hat yana da kamfen da ake kira <unk> Gaskiya na faruwa <unk> da nufin barin aikin samfurin yayi magana da kansa, maimakon tallata samfurin ta hanyar karatu. A cikin kaka na 2006, Novell da Microsoft sun ba da sanarwar yarjejeniya don yin aiki tare kan haɗin gwiwar software da kariyar haƙƙin mallaka. Wannan ya haɗa da yarjejeniyar da abokan ciniki na Novell ko Microsoft ba za su iya yin hukunci da ɗayan kamfanin ba saboda keta haƙƙin mallaka. An kuma fadada wannan kariya ta haƙƙin mallaka zuwa ga waɗanda ba na kasuwanci ba...  Tambaya: Yaushe ya zama cikakke?
Shekara ta 1998