[ Thanks to Peter Ussing
for this link. ]
“Microsoft is denying that its CEO Steve Ballmer told Asian
government leaders on Thursday that Microsoft believes that Linux
violates more than 200 software patents.“Instead, Ballmer was citing a controversial study done earlier
this summer by a risk-mitigation consultancy that claimed that
Linux has been found to violate more than 200 software patents,
according to a Microsoft spokesman…”
Related Story:
Reuters:
Microsoft’s Ballmer Warns Asia of Linux Lawsuits(Nov 18,
2004)
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