Microsoft boning up on Linux

As reported by NewsForge, a Microsoft department is running some surveys on Linux users. There is one for home users and another for business users.

These surveys have been so publicised in the Linux press that I imagine the results will be next to useless, but I went and filled it in anyway.

The Linux press is making a big deal about how the results of the survey won't be published. I don't really see that as an issue - it's a voluntary commercial survey - they can do as they darn well please with the results.

I did fill in the survey (it's kinda long and annoying - I usually avoid surveys like the plague - especially phone ones that will "only take 5 minutes of your time", I always transferred them to Tim ;)

There are some silly multiple choice options in the survey, possibly there to filter out stupid respondants, like:

What organizations would you recommend use Linux?
   Organizations that want to send a message to the greedy computer industry

The highlight of my responses is my answer to the freeform question:

List the top one or two possible improvements that you would like to see made to Windows Server.
   * more standards compliance
   * less kb articles giving a solution as "this is by design"

Feel free to comment with your responses.