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February 20, 2007 In no-nonsense presentation to New York analysts, Microsoft's CEO warns Linux sellers that open-source "is not free." TAGS: Steve Ballmer, coupon, Novell Inc., intellectual property, open source, Linux, Linux seller, threat, open-source software, Microsoft Corp., New York, CEO, server

May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. TAGS: patent, open-source software, open source, Linux, OpenOffice.org, Linux kernel, article, Steve Ballmer, Red Hat Inc., Novell Inc., intellectual property, lawyer, Microsoft Corp., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.

June 5, 2003 CEO Steve Ballmer explains what's on his mind after delivering the latest annual mission statement to his troops. High on the agenda: how to combat the challenge presented by open source. TAGS: commercial software company, Steve Ballmer, troop, memo, open source, open-source software, software company, Linux, information technology, idea, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Microsoft Windows

November 19, 2004 Sun to provide legal protection from patent-infringement suits to those using, developing open-source Solaris--a move to counter Linux. TAGS: Steve Ballmer, Scott McNealy, Sun Solaris, intellectual property, Linux, SCO Group Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., patent, open source, open-source software, Java, operating system, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

May 10, 2005 CEOs Steve Ballmer and Matthew Szulik met for a meal recently, sources say. How's Microsoft feeling about open source these days? TAGS: Red Hat Inc., GPL, open source, Steve Ballmer, source code, Bill Gates, antitrust, open-source software, Microsoft Corp., New York, Sun Microsystems Inc., Linux, CEO

November 3, 2006 New technical and legal partnership is meant to take Red Hat down a notch--and could help Novell too. TAGS: Novell Inc., Rick Sherlund, Red Hat Inc., Steve Ballmer, SuSE, open source, open-source community, Linux, Microsoft Corp., open-source software, agreement, CEO, Microsoft Windows

September 27, 2005 In another sign of its changing posture toward open-source, Redmond pledges to achieve great interoperability with JBoss products. TAGS: JBoss, application server, server software, Java, GPL, Steve Ballmer, open source, Redmond, open-source software, collaboration, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft .NET, Linux, server, Microsoft Windows