Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer identified Linux and open source software as key competitive challenges to the company in a memo sent to all employees on Wednesday.
"In this environment of lean [IT] budgets and concerns about Microsoft's attention to customers, non-commercial software such as Linux and OpenOffice is seen as an interesting, 'good enough' or 'free' alternative," Ballmer wrote in his annual letter to employees summarising Microsoft's market position and its goals for the coming year.
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