SINGAPORE: Microsoft yesterday warned Asian governments that they could face patent lawsuits for using the Linux operating system instead of its Windows software.
The growing popularity of Linux - an open-code software that is freely available on the Internet and easily modified by users - is a threat to the global dominance of Microsoft's Windows.
Linux violates more than 228 patents, according to a recent report from a research group, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said at the company's Asian Government Leaders Forum in Singapore.
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Nov 20, 2004, 12:56 PM
