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Ballmer Repeats Threats Against Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-can-only-end-badly dept.

daria42 writes "Steve Ballmer has reissued Microsoft's patent threat against Linux, warning open-source vendors that they must respect his company's intellectual property. In a no-nonsense presentation to New York financial analysts last week, Microsoft's chief executive said the company's partnership with Novell, which it signed in November 2006, "demonstrated clearly the value of intellectual property, even in the open-source world.""

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  1. Re:I will only take this seriously by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What kind of paint chips are we talking about?

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