What does Microsoft say about Open Source software? According to MSN Encarta,
which references the Halloween Documents:
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| In June 2003 a widely distributed memo written by Microsoft chief
| executive officer Steve Ballmer acknowledged that Linux was a growing
| threat to Microsoft's business. The memo said that an estimated 500,000
| of the approximately 1 million UNIX-operated servers in the United
| States were considered candidates for migration to Linux. Linux was
| also being adopted in some businesses and government offices where
| personal computers (PCs) were networked. According to a December 2004
| study from market research firm IDC, the Linux market--including PCs,
| servers, and software--was expected to grow by 26 percent over the next
| five years, reaching $35.7 billion in sales.
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