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Steve Ballmer: 'Linux Uses Our Intellectual Property'   Linked by Thom Holwerda on 2006-11-17 13:23:24 UTC, submitted by Tanked In comments confirming the open-source community's suspicions, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Thursday 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 conference in Seattle, Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with SUSE Linux distributor Novell earlier this month because Linux "uses our intellectual property" and Microsoft wanted to "get the appropriate economic return for our shareholders from our innovation."   This story has been recommended 3 times. Recommend This Story! 157 comments Printer friendly Spad Filesystem for Linux - Posted on 2006-11-18 Winners and Losers in the New Linux World - Posted on 2006-11-16 Monitor your Linux Computer with Machine-Generated Music - Posted on 2006-11-15 Give the Gift of Pre-Installed Linux this Year - Posted on 2006-11-13 OLPC Taps 2.6.19 Kernel for First Linux Laptop Build - Posted on 2006-11-10   More related articles Your full name: Your email address: Your friend's email: Please input 3+2=

                 
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