Ballmer: Linux uses MS IP
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10scjed writes "Despite Novell's claim that there are no known infractions, Ballmer states that "Only customers that use SUSE have paid properly for intellectual property from Microsoft," and "Novell pays us some money for the right to tell customers that anybody who uses SUSE Linux is appropriately covered," Ballmer said. This "is important to us, because [otherwise] we believe every Linux customer basically has an undisclosed balance-sheet liability.""
