“In comments confirming the open-source community’s suspicions,
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer today declared his belief that
the Linux operating system infringes on Microsoft’s intellectual
property.“In a question-and-answer session after his keynote speech at
the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conference in
Seattle, Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with
SUSE Linux distributor Novell Inc. earlier this month because Linux
‘uses our intellectual property’ and Microsoft wanted to ‘get the
appropriate economic return for our shareholders from our
innovation…'”
Related Link:
Seattle
Post-Intelligencer: Ballmer on Novell, Linux and Patents
Todd Bishop’s Microsoft Blog with contains a full written and
audio transcript of the specific question and Ballmer’s reply.
-BKP
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