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--> [ Ballmer 2004-10-28 ]


In 2004, Regal allegedly stopped a migration to Linux and switched back to Microsoft because of patent dangers.

This was reported by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in a round robin letter to millions of German customers of 2004-10-28 as a key example for dissuading Microsoft customers from migrating to Linux.

Ballmer presents the Regal example as follows:

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