Microsoft's Ballmer warns Asia of Linux lawsuits

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com>
Date: November 18, 2004 11:46:56 AM EST
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Microsoft's Ballmer warns Asia of Linux lawsuits
Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com>


Isn't it ironic that the best way Microsoft thinks it can deal with
open-source software is to spread lies about it and hint at lawsuits:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/041118/3/3om81.html


One particular tasty quote:


  "We think our software is far more secure than open-source software. 
It
  is more secure because we stand behind it, we fixed it, because we 
built
  it. Nobody ever knows who built open-source software," he added.

What planet is this guy living on?

Ole

Ole J. Jacobsen
Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
Academic Research and Technology Initiatives, Cisco Systems
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E-mail: ole () cisco com  URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj


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