On Wednesday night, the former CEO of Microsoft Ballmer was speaking at a dinner organized by the magazine Fortune . And possibly have surprised everyone by holding About the Linux operating system far removed from those pronounced it fifteen years ago.
In 2001, Steve Ballmer had thus said, “the way the license is written, if you use open source software, you have to make the rest of your open source software. [...] Linux is a cancer of the intellectual property that attaches to all that it affects “
Linux. Ballmer considers its threat behind him
while assuming his position then, the former nesting Microsoft said Wednesday , in comments picked up by Reuters, that the threat posed by Linux is now behind him, “the company has made a lot of money by conducting this fight to great effect.” and of having added that “it was extremely important to the revenue stream” Microsoft to maintain its position in competition with Windows.
More contacts with Bill Gates?
This release took place while a little earlier in the week, Microsoft announced the release a Linux version of its SQL Server database software. Ballmer also said about it have “loved” and the announcement that he even sent an email to support his successor at the Redmond, Satya Nadella. On a more personal level, the former CEO of Microsoft has not really be in touch with his predecessor Bill Gates, and they each have two “took their own path” .
finally, note also that since his departure from the company, Ballmer indulges in yoga, who is especially known for being very demonstrative in his speech: “You have plenty of time to make the exercise, meditate, relieve the pressure It’s a wonderful thing to do “
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