Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3109 mails)

["George Stoianov" <gstoyanoff@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/21/07, Sunny <sloncho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sorry to start again such a thread, but ...
>
> here it comes:
>
> <cite>
> Ballmer said: "I would not anticipate that we make a huge additional
> revenue stream from our Novell deal, but I do think it clearly
> establishes that open source is not free, and open source will have to
> respect the intellectual property rights of others just as any other
> competitor will."
> </cite>
>
> Here is the full story:
>
> <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Ballmer_repeats_threats_against_Linux/0,130061733,339273726,00.htm>
>
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> Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny)

"... Ballmer was also bullish over winning large corporate accounts
against Linux vendors ..."

The keyword is "bullish" that is just him, I do not think he is good
for MS and even less so for OSS and Linux. The guy seems a lot like a
loose cannon to me.
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