Microsoft is publicizing some data from Geeknet that reveals a slight but steady increase in open source software that runs on Windows. "Windows is the only operating system that runs all of the top 10 all-time most downloaded projects on SourceForge: eMule, Azureus/Vuze, Ares Gallery, 7-Zip, Filezilla, GTK+ and Gimp Installer for Windows, Audacity, PortableApps.com: Portable Software/USB, DC++, and BitTorent," according to a spokesperson. "Also, of the top 25 all-time most-downloaded projects on SourceForge, 23 run on Windows, and 14 of them only run on Windows."
The data is being released ahead of the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco later this month, which the company will be attending. I expect that it will make a few minor announcements there.