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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_...



I do not see the difference since Linux is not synonymous with Open Source but IS synonymous with the GPL.




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