“The rise of Linux is prompting Microsoft to consider cracking
open its Windows source code, Microsoft President Steve Ballmer
said on Thursday.”
“Microsoft doesn’t plan to make all of the Windows code
available. Ballmer said that he didn’t see much demand for the
zillions of lines of code that run most mundane operating system
functions.”
“‘I’d list Linux on the list of core competitors, but I don’t
really have a company to point to,’ Ballmer said.”