Microsoft's Ballmer forced to eat his Linux words

kutty_prasad · 11-22-2006, 06:05 AM

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MICROSOFT CEO Steve Ballmer has triggered a PR nightmare for his firme over his threats to down Linux with intellectual property based lawsuits.

Not only has his new Linux chum Novell issued a statement which said it disagreed with what Steve whispered to the press, Volish spinners have had to issue a statement toning down his original comments.

Ballmer had claimed that Microsoft's patent cooperation agreement it pushed on partner Novell was a way to protect corporate users of the SUSE Linux operating system from potential lawsuits.

Computerworld hacks have found a few SuSE Linux customers fuming at being called a "undisclosed balance sheet liability" by Ballmer and were never worried about being sued by Microsoft.

Check this link.

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35895

madmantm · 01-04-2007, 01:28 PM

Steve Ballmer is the crazyest guy ever.

Wintceas · 01-06-2007, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by madmantm

Steve Ballmer is the crazyest guy ever.

He isn't a "guy". He is a human shark.

robkim55 · 01-06-2007, 03:23 PM

The idea of Linux seems to be very hard on Microsoft.

But they have other business models that do not require software - like the Zune and the XBox.

The Open Source Movement and Free Software Foundation seem to be moving full stream. It is very hard to predict what will happen.

Your thoughts on this. robkim55

yahurd · 01-06-2007, 04:07 PM

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He isn't a "guy". He is a human shark.

nope, he isnt a shark either, hes the one and only moron-freak hybrid known to man

KimVette · 01-06-2007, 05:07 PM

He's subhuman scum exhibiting symptoms which indicate a classic case of Tourette Syndrome.

Hangdog42 · 01-06-2007, 05:10 PM

He's really only harmful if there is a chair in the room.........

blackhole54 · 01-06-2007, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Hangdog42

He's really only harmful if there is a chair in the room.........

Unfortunately, most rooms have chairs.

yahurd · 01-08-2007, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by blackhole54

Unfortunately, most rooms have chairs.

pretty soon, we will get the headline:

"microsoft forced to reconsider their bean-bag policy"

everal · 01-12-2007, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by KimVette

He's subhuman scum exhibiting symptoms which indicate a classic case of Tourette Syndrome.

Let in i peace... Ballmer is just another regular guy from MORDOR.

erKURITA · 01-13-2007, 01:14 PM

Am I the only one thinking that Microsoft will have heavy losses after Vista?

blackhole54 · 01-13-2007, 09:48 PM

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Am I the only one thinking that Microsoft will have heavy losses after Vista?

It's a fond hope of mine, but I consciously try to avoid underestimating MS. They have conned a lot of people for an awfully long time.

linux=future · 01-13-2007, 11:48 PM

We still have to remember that most people who are unfamiliar with Linux will see Balmer's statement and believe he can actually sue people for using Linux. I've had to explain to at least 3 different people that Linux is free, and Balmer is speaking lies.

As the article states, Microsoft loves FUD. It still works, although not as well as it used to.

Hitboxx · 01-14-2007, 12:55 AM

I hate bald fat old crazy men!!

fotoguy · 01-14-2007, 03:19 AM

One thing that springs to mind over the last 5 years, espeacially with comments like this, micro$oft must be really starting to worry. This little hackers/geek software in the 90's has now forced a billion dollar company to incorparate alot of it's own security models, delay it's release for 2 years and throw as much mud as it can so hopefully something will stick