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Ballmer on Linux: The evidence is clear
Created: 10/30/2007
Video description: At Gartner Symposium/ITxpo in Florida, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer\r\nanswers questions about competing with Linux globally. He also comments\r\non Bill Gates' prediction that security will drop from the top three IT\r\nconcerns within the next two years.

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