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Microsoft's Ballmer warns Asia of Linux lawsuits
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:23:02 -0500
Begin forwarded message: 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 Tel: +1 408-527-8972 GSM: +1 415-370-4628 E-mail: ole () cisco com URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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