MS Office for Linux?

[Jerry Feldman]

This will be in the courts for so long what does it matter. I doubt we will 
ever see MS Office for Linux. Who cares, we will see better versions of 
Corel, Star, and Applix products. 
On 3 Apr 2000, at 11:50, Oommen Thomas wrote:

> 
> Here is a para from a report on the M$ case.
> Will we really get M$ Office for Linux?
> That would then be a beginning of M$ starting to support Linux.
> Wait for a week and we'll see what comes out....
> 
> <quote>
> Whatever be the judgment, it will be a trend setting one. Will the judge
> call for a breakup of the company? One of the major hindrances to the
> talks was the lack of a consensus among the 19 states on their demands.
> While some states want the source code of some of the Microsoft products,
> some call for a Linux version of MS Office.
> </quote>
> 
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> Thanks
> Oommen
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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org
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