Ballmer Confronts Linux Head-On
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Microsoft CEO tells customers that Windows carries lower total costs and is more secure than the open-source operating system. By John Foley.
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Ziff Davis - Microsoft looks to be giving the Linux client an opening against Windows with its changes to Longhorn's timing and features. Or are other contenders waiting in the wings? Check out two vastly different views of its opportunities.
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Initial coverage of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer&#39;s comments during an event in Singapore yesterday left the folks back at headquarters in Redmond trying to clarify things and put them in context.
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The software giant won't really go after potential violators, says the Linux kernel creator.
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In the face of growing competition from Linux, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer delivered a four-page memo to customers on Wednesday outlining the economic and security advantages Windows has over Linux, the potential dangers of open source involving indemnification, and the intent to aggressively convince Unix shops to migrate to Windows.
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First hardware maker to align with community-based Linux offering.
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Growing importance of Linux in the enterprise is focus of event.
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Microsoft (Quote, Chart) CEO Steve Ballmer urged Asian government leaders not to take sides in the Linux versus Windows debate. &quot;We recommend to all governments that they not get emotionally involved in preferring
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TechWeb - Customers are more interested in interoperability and virtualization than patent protection and intellectual property issues, despite the stir Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is creating in the open source community, says Novell.
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Last Sunday Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off this week&#39;s European tour by sitting down with a small group* of British journalists and dispensing pearls of wisdom, notably on the future of Apple in home networking (it has none, natch, says Steve).
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In a statement released yesterday, Novell CEO Ron Hovsepian found himself distancing his company's stance from that of Microsoft, its newfound partner. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer believes Novell's paying for its intellectual property, on behalf of Linux customers who might otherwise be sued.
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The controversy rages on. Which offers a better &quot;value proposition&quot; -- Windows or Linux? Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has issued an executive email outlining case studies and analyses making the case for Windows over Open Source Linux or proprietary Unix.
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One of the minor ironies of the Linux world is the slight disconnect between the mantra of &quot;choice&quot; the most ardent advocates use to make the case for a multitude of graphical interfaces and the state of the North American enterprise Linux market, where a
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The Microsoft chief executive warns Linux sellers that open-source "is not free."
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There&#39;s a new CFO in town at Red Hat Inc., and while the company continues to be perceived as one of the leading Linux providers, he&#39;s got his work cut out for him when it comes to restoring investor confidence.
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Microsoft chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, has acknowledged Linux as the &quot;only game in town&quot; when it comes to competing with the proprietary software heavyweight&#39;s offerings, Australia&#39;s peak open source body claims.
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Blog: Linux leader seems inclined to take Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz up on his dinner offer, so at least one cultural barrier separating Linux and Solaris looks to be lowering.