Since Balmer is a spastic idiot, I'll be stunned if this is isn't just a slight embellishment, if not an outright lie.
And if some kernel module or the Gnome panel or something has 200 lines of stolen source, then what?
Sue Linux? That's a totally absurd notion. There are about 30,000 unique organizations that have their fingers in Linux. Which one are they going to sue? Red-Hat? Fine we'll just run postfix on Debian and call Ubuntu :lol: for support, since we will all hate you anyway.
In the grand end of it all, Linux isn't going anywhere, sorry Microsoft, it's not another company you can paint a bulls eye on.
I like Windows, really, I think it's the better desktop OS. But I like Linux also, use it all day at work, and I don't feel guilty!