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Submission + - Ballmer: Yo Mac Logo So Expensive... 2

theodp writes: "Speaking at a conference in NYC, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer did his best to refan the flames of the Mac vs. PC rivalry: 'Now I think the tide has really turned back the other direction [against Apple],' Ballmer said. 'The economy is helpful. Paying an extra $500 for a computer in this environment — same piece of hardware — paying $500 more to get a logo on it? I think that's a more challenging proposition for the average person than it used to be.'"

Comment Re: here we are again - full circle? (Score 1) 126

Novell need not waste time and money picking thru Unix code to open source it ... The real win for the open source movement would be to make sure that Unix IP could not be used against Linux ever again. Novell could simply and easily transfer the Unix IP to a trust that they setup whose irrevocable purpose would be to sit on the Unix code, never to claim copyright or patent infringements ever again.

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