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Thread ID: 76972 2007-02-22 17:23:00 Ballmer Tilts At Linux SurferJoe46 (51) PC World Chat
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527179 2007-02-22 17:23:00 Steve Ballmer threw down another gauntlet at Linux open source when he threatened a lawsuit against all those with Suse, saying it infringes upon his patent rights to the system.

Read on. (news.zdnet.com)
SurferJoe46 (51)
527180 2007-02-22 19:39:00 The guys on drugs again?? paulw (1826)
527181 2007-02-23 01:33:00 Somebody should change this person's medication. Perhaps it is time for the nice young men in the clean white coats to take him away.
As long as Ballmer is against it, I will be for it. (I was in favour before this, more so now.)
R2x1 (4628)
527182 2007-02-23 03:29:00 Geez. What kind of threat is suse to microsoft. Get a grip Ballmer. jermsie (6820)
527183 2007-02-23 23:05:00 Actually the latest OpenSuSE 10.2 _could_ become quite a threat... Aside from the fact it uses RPMs and is a real ***** to update certain software... or the built-in MP3 support is limited to RealPlayer (I updated xine-lib and then amaroK was fine!), its actually a damn fine OS! Im not just saying that as a linux user, because until a workmate who'd never used Linux before bought it in to try on his new laptop, I thought Id never touch SuSE again... but he loved it, gave it to a few other workmates who've never used linux and they all love it... So I thought I'd give it a shot, and its actually pretty cool! Especially 64-bit version :D

Still, I can just imagine the nightmare for PR that Mr Ballmer is :P
Chilling_Silence (9)
527184 2007-02-24 00:57:00 They need to get rid of him. He sent their shares plunging a couple of percent recently because of some comments about Vista sales made in NY. I thought MS had learnt that attacking Linux was doing more harm to them than good.
Actually Suse is not under threat because of the deal with Novel it is the other distros he is attacking.
mikebartnz (21)
527185 2007-02-24 01:06:00 Ballmy is the new SCO. Hopefully he'll go down the same route only faster.

The SCO patent/source code screw up, the nasty manner of it and FUD, had Ballmy's greasy prints all over it. The man is a sociopath, a kleptomaniac and prevaricator along with megalomaniacal tendencies.
Murray P (44)
527186 2007-02-24 01:11:00 Ballmy is the new SCO. Hopefully he'll go down the same route only faster.

The SCO patent/source code screw up, the nasty manner of it and FUD, had Ballmy's greasy prints all over it. The man is a sociopath, a kleptomaniac and prevaricator along with megalomaniacal tendencies.

Can you say those things on a family-rated site?
SurferJoe46 (51)
527187 2007-02-24 03:46:00 Ballmy is the new SCO. Hopefully he'll go down the same route only faster.

The SCO patent/source code screw up, the nasty manner of it and FUD, had Ballmy's greasy prints all over it. The man is a sociopath, a kleptomaniac and prevaricator along with megalomaniacal tendencies.
Stop being kind Murray! :)
mikebartnz (21)
527188 2007-02-24 04:23:00 thevistaforums.com :lol: pcuser42 (130)
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