Linux vs Windows - Conquering a Windows Based World

This quote came from Ballmer at a presentation to New York financial analysts on Thusrday Feb 15.  Sounds like the Novell deal is more about litigation onslaught, than helping customers have better integration of Windows and Linux. Covered at Zdnet.uk

Ballmer said: “I would not anticipate that we make a huge additional revenue stream from our Novell deal, but I do think it clearly establishes that open source is not free, and open source will have to respect the intellectual property rights of others just as any other competitor will.”