Interview with Steve Ballmer linked from <http://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ballmer-Linux-Cancer-Free>: Fifteen years after calling the open-source operating system Linux a "cancer," former Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has softened his position. Speaking on Wednesday night at a dinner hosted by Fortune magazine, Ballmer said the position was right for the time, but the threat from Linux was now "in the rearview mirror." Which is why Microsoft is spending more effort than ever on Linux, no doubt...