Open source is not free | Steve Ballmer

by bigbrother | February 20, 2007 at 09:32 pm
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Steve Ballmer,Microsoft’s chief executive, said that open-source vendors must respect Microsoft’s intellectual property and that open source “is not free”.”I would not anticipate that we make a huge additional revenue stream from our Novell deal,Continue Reading
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Jordan Yerman

Ballmer's assertion that this company provides greater value is hotly debatable. Greater value to shareholders, yes. To users... well.

And, yes, I'm a Mac person, but not evangelically so. I want to like MS, since it's ubiquitous, but I cannot.  

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