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:BetaNews: Microsoft Responds to Alleged Ballmer 'Threats' Against Linux
BetaNews: Microsoft Responds to Alleged Ballmer 'Threats' Against Linux
Feb 23, 2007, 13 :45 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (7579 reads)

(Other stories by Scott M. Fulton, III)

"Comments made by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last Thursday to an analyst conference for the most part went unnoticed until stories this morning cited excerpts from a freshly published transcript of that conference. In one such story, an excerpted partial sentence was interpreted as part of a statement that Microsoft may yet exercise its option to sue manufacturers of Linux operating systems other than Novell for infringement of patent.

"A fresh read of the extended excerpt from that transcript, however, suggests at first this may not have been Ballmer's intended meaning..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
How many times now does this make that B ...   When will he learn.   
taunril
Feb 23, 2007, 14:20:34
 
We hate Linux. We intend to control what ...   To Paraphrase Ballmer   
Sid Boyce
Feb 23, 2007, 15:30:42
 
We have done very well versus Linux on t ...   "We have done very well on the desktop ..."   
GreyGeek
Feb 23, 2007, 16:36:02
 
For Balmy Boy to say that IP has to be r ...   hypocrisy   
jp
Feb 23, 2007, 16:45:57
 
"Microsoft has repeatedly publicly state ...   Microsoft says, "Everything is mine."   
Ursus Orribilus
Feb 23, 2007, 18:18:03
 
 But, do those "Analysts" ever realize M ...   Re:   
pontke
Feb 23, 2007, 19:54:46
 
> About Ballmer, I can't understand  ...   Re: Re:   
blackhole
Feb 24, 2007, 06:37:45
 
>> "Microsoft has repeatedly publicly st ...   Maybe Microsoft is not so crazy after all   
Jose
Feb 24, 2007, 06:45:44
 
Microsoft are predictable.  Their bosses ...   arguing two = 1 then complaining about the paychec   
Wesley Parish
Feb 24, 2007, 07:19:50
 
To quote:"When people decide they want t ...   When people decide they want to be free, there is   
SirYes
Feb 25, 2007, 13:21:17
 
>> Microsoft, if you are as good a "comp ...   Re:   
Jose
Jun 17, 2007, 23:34:56
 
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