Microsoft&#39;s Ballmer steps up attack on Linux
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Microsoft has renewed its attack on Linux, its primary rival in the business software market, with Chief Executive Steve Ballmer telling customers in a letter sent the
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New platform chief, Ashim Pal, says software giant has been on the defensive against Linux and other rivals.
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It&#39;s not that there aren&#39;t Unix attacks that work. It&#39;s that pretty much everything the security industry does misrepresents the actual balance between attacks on Microsoft&#39;s products and attacks on Unix and open source.
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Almost everything that can be said has been said about the latest moves by Microsoft to create Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD) about Linux. Countless pundits and analysts have pointed out that Microsoft threats are toothless. Some have noted that Microsoft has singled out Linux and OpenOffice, the biggest threats to its monopoly on operating systems and office suites. Surely Microsoft could claim that the *BSDs infringe on similar patents if not the same ones. But the *BSDs do not pose as great a threat to the company. Others have pointed out that Microsoft would be insane to pull an SCO and sue its own customers. Still others have noted that IBM and/or OIN could respond to a patent war with a massive retaliation in patent infringement claims. I have no doubt that Microsoft has lifted a lot of GPL code (more likely algorithms) for Windows, which would prevent Microsoft from following through with its threats. To do so would require that Microsoft open its own code to scrutiny. The list goes on, and others have covered the angles very well. There is one perspective I haven't yet seen, at least not the way I propose to deal with it. This perspective follows below.
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Steve Ballmer has been putting the frighteners on Asian governments over potential intellectual property legal actions, should they dare to use Linux instead of Windows.
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TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer subtly raises the intellectual-property issue again.
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Opinion: Is Microsoft getting ready to explore intellectual property lawsuits against Linux and open-source software? If you can&#39;t beat them, sue them?
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Speaking at the Gartner Symposium and ITxpo 2004 in Orlando, Florida, yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer outlined new security initiatives, some of which would make it into a pre-Longhorn &#39;Release 2&#39; for Windows, next year.
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And this comes straight from the horseâs mouth! Software giant Microsoft has finally acknowledged Linux as its strongest competitor, much to the delight of Australiaâs open source industry association (OSIA).
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Microsoft has replaced its controversial anti-Linux Get the Facts campaign with a new and less strident Web site.
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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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A Microsoft ad saying that Linux was 10 times more expensive than Windows has been found to be an unfair advert in the UK. The UK&#39;s Advertising Standards Authority
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Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Steve Ballmer on Thursday warned Asian governments that they could face intellectual rights-infringement lawsuits for using rival open-source operating platforms such as Linux.
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roundup Large-scale Linux users could find themselves in a costly patent pickle, warns Steve Ballmer.
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After a year as Microsoft Corp.'s chief Linux strategist, Martin Taylor has a lot to say about where he sees Linux going and how Microsoft plans to compete with the open-source operating system.
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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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Executive director says Microsoft's patent claim against Linux is just a tactic to help protect its profits.