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Ballmer on Linux

Posted by michael on from the microsoft-veterans-for-truth dept.

theodp writes "'In the Linux world, nobody stands behind patent claims,' warned Steve Ballmer, saying that Microsoft customers would be protected from the $550 million Eolas patent infringement judgment. 'I'm not trying to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt,' said the CEO of the company who earlier cried wolf about breaking IE in the wake of the Eolas judgment, prompting the W3C to go to bat for the software giant."

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  1. Re:Balmer: Research it yourselves. by rd_syringe · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    There's no "balance" on Slashdot. Everything Microsoft does is bad, and everything OSS does is good. Referencing banner ads doesn't prove your point other than to point out the hypocrisy of a website that decries the evils of money-grubbing companies like Microsoft, meanwhile taking money from them to run their advertisements!

  2. Re:Balmer: Research it yourselves. by killjoe · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    " There's no "balance" on Slashdot."

    So? Did somebody hold a gun to your head and make you read it? If you want balance go to some boring stupid web site that's more to your liking.

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    evil is as evil does