In answer to this article An amazing reply from the inventor of Minux and who is now defending Linus Torvalds (even though they did have a heated debate in the past. Pretty obvious is that the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution and its Ken Brown is a pretty creapy outfit. And where do they get their funding? Thanks to ablog for the link.
Just found this source apparently confirms “A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that Microsoft provides funding to the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution.”
And another article condemming the book here