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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by X86BSD on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @10:28AM (#15348082)
To be accurate, it was not the cancer of "Open Source", it was the cancer of the GPL.
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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by calcifer on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @11:54AM (#15349063)
Ballmer meant the GPL, but he literally [0] said "Linux is a cancer".

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

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Re:Microsoft Becomes Sponsor of Open Source Initiative by X86BSD on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @12:16PM (#15349271)
I do not see the difference since Linux is not synonymous with Open Source but IS synonymous with the GPL.
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