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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by DonHopkins on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @08:41AM (#15347164)
I also remember the brutal marketing against the "cancer" of Microsoft.
Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by tyfon on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:08AM (#15347908)
I was referring to an actual quote by Ballmer. I'm sure many on the open source side have had less than flattering words for Microsoft too, however Steve Ballmer said, and I quote: "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual property sense to everything it touches"

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_...