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The Daily Mississippian: Microsoft’s Anti-Piracy Attempts Misguided, Ineffective

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2004

“Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has stunned the public once again
by making asinine comments about the corporation and the future of
technology.

“When asked about Microsoft’s main concern, Ballmer said piracy
was a greater concern than Linux and, more importantly,
security…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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