“‘Will software be a business that generates a lot of profit in
the future? Is open source essentially a disruption that will cause
the software business to be less profitable?’— Steve Ballmer, addressing an audience of financial analysts,
July, 2004“Let me end the suspense, Steve, and offer the answer: ‘Yes.’
The software business will be less profitable in the future–much
less profitable…”
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