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Old 02-26-2007, 02:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default Mr. Ballmer, Show us the Source Code

This thread was inspired by a slashdot article of the same name.

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"A new campaign, Showusthecode.com, requests every leader in the Linux world, and companies invested in Linux, to stand up and demand that Steve Ballmer show the world where Linux violates Microsoft's intellectual property. He has been making these claims since the Novell-Microsoft deal. If Microsoft answers this challenge — by May 1st — then Linux developers will be able to modify the code so that it remains 'free' software. If such infringing code doesn't exist, we will have called Microsoft's bluff. And if the campaign garners enough attention and if Steve Ballmer maintains silence, then the community and companies behind Linux can take the silence for the admission that it is."
It is about time GNU/Linux users call his bluff. "In one corner billions of dollars and an army of lawyers in the other a group of people with an ideal." Lets get ready to rumble!
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Pshhht...SCO v. Novell, Chrysler, et al. They'll claim there's infringing code, point to a driver or something that hasn't been used in years or there's one line copied, and then we'll all see the leaked email sent to Bill Gates telling him Ballmer is a nut (which we all knew).

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