From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonom
yName=software&articleId=9005171

"In comments confirming the open-source community's suspicions,
Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer today declared his belief that the Linux
operating system infringes on Microsoft's intellectual property.

In a question-and-answer session after his keynote speech at the
Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) conference in Seattle,
Ballmer said Microsoft was motivated to sign a deal with SUSE Linux
distributor Novell Inc. earlier this month because Linux "uses our
intellectual property" and Microsoft wanted to "get the
appropriate economic return for our shareholders from our innovation."
"

Where have I heard nearly identical words before...hummmmm...let me seee...

BTW it's a good thing that IBM was prevented from denying MS et al the
"non-destructive cursor" etc. Maybe IBM should cut rough with MS
wrt fundamental bits of computing.

Adam

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