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Christopher writes: Earlier today the FBI, along with local authorities, raided the residences of several Microsoft employees under the suspicion that they may be using open-source software. “The concern began when [while getting a stapler] I noticed a copy of Floppix in a an employee’s drawer,” stated disgruntled Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. “I immediately contacted the relevant authorities.”

The results of these raids were quite unexpected. Out of the thirty-five homes that were raided, eleven of them contained open-source software. Most of all, when police raided the residence of Brad Abrams, a program manager on the .net CLR team and also a close friend of Bill Gates himself, they found one machine actually running Red Hat Linux and a cache of other open-source software. Upon further inspection of his machine, they found that he had bookmarked SourceForge and was an active member of its forum.

“I had no idea my employees were using such software,” appealed Microsoft Chairperson Bill Gates to the media. Gates also said that the culprits will be dealt with harshly, as such practices are not tolerated within the company. The matter is still undergoing inquiry with more raids planned early next month.