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Steve Ballmer's Thoughts On Free Software

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the there's-a-slow-change-coming dept.

An anonymous reader writes, "Steve Ballmer during a 3-day visit to India was asked about whether Free software is the future of India. And he effectively circumvented the question and answered that in the future, software businesses can look at a number of revenue streams such as subscription fees, lower cost hardware, advertising and of course traditional transaction. What is amusing is that in answering the question, he refuses to use the word 'free' or anything close to it."

2 of 263 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Ballmer's Free Software by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative
    whatever MS's "Photoshop Killer" is
    Wait wait, lemme guess. Is it Paint?
  2. Re:India and free don't go well together by dada21 · · Score: 3, Informative

    A. I type very, very fast (learned to type in 1978 at the age of 4) on a Commodore PET.
    B. I write for a living -- thousands of words a day, generally.
    C. I take notice of Slashdot articles that are pertinent to my future, such as this one.
    D. I can write long-winded and fairly accurate articles in minutes, a little longer if I need to add sources.

    Not so difficult, really. I have a long history of +5 first posts only because of how I browse slashdot (RSS link to my subscriber account). Love this site because of the interesting replies, so why not get in early to get the best replies, right? Karma means nothing -- I've honestly thought of just posting anonymously (which I have done often enough when I am accused of karma whoring).