Balmer says Linux uses Microsoft 'property'

Ben Scott dragonhawk at gmail.com
Sat Nov 18 08:03:30 EST 2006


On 11/17/06, Bruce Dawson <jbd at codemeta.com> wrote:
> I think a great campaign would be to show how Microsoft benefits from
> Open Source and especially from the GPL.
>
> It would sorta make all their bellyaching about Linux and the GPL moot.

  Why?

  Sure, it would make Microsoft look like a hypocrite, but we already
know they're evil.

  Meanwhile, their goal is to make money, not look good.  If they can
make more money by attacking Linux-using organizations while also
benefiting from open code, that's a win-win for them.

-- Ben


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