Former Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer once considered Linux users a bunch of communist thieves and saw open source itself as a cancer on Microsoft's intellectual property. But no more.

Steve Ballmer. Steve Ballmer, the fiery former chief executive of Microsoft, has voiced support for the software giant’s recent move to cozy up to the Linux operating system.

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, recently gave a talk to a small group of developers at Microsoft’s London office where he once again rattled the patent saber at Linux, this time specifically ...

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Microsoft chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, has acknowledged Linux as the "only game in town" when it comes to competing with the proprietary software heavyweight's offerings, Australia's ...

Ballmer on Linux, licensing and .Net Written by CNET Networks, Contributor Oct. 14, 2002 at 3:10 a.m. PT By Mike Ricciuti Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer knows what it's like to be in the hot seat.

(Reuters) – Fifteen years after calling the open-source operating system Linux a “cancer,” former Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has softened his position. Speaking on Wednesday ...

Steve Ballmer has reissued Microsoft's patent threat against Linux, warning open-source vendors that they must respect his company's intellectual property. In a no-nonsense presentation to New ...

Time has a funny way of changing people's views. Anger and mistrust can often fade into mild scepticism, and once bitter ...

CEO Steve Ballmer tells a London audience that Microsoft developers must match the passion and energy of the Linux community, as well as produce better technology. Ballmer: United, we'll stomp on ...

Microsoft chief technical officer Mark Russinovich posted evidence of the historic dinner in a LinkedIn post. Dave Cutler, ...

What does he remember most about his more than 33 years there? Ballmer grins and makes a clarification. He was at Microsoft for almost 34 years.Technically, it was 33 years and just under 8 months ...