Linux Today: Linux News On Internet Time.
Search Linux Today
Linux News Sections: Blog - Developer - High Performance - Infrastructure - IT Management - Security - Storage -
Linux Today Navigation
LT Home
Preferences
Contribute
Link to Us
Search
Linux Jobs

Linux Today
Enterprise Linux Today
Apache Today
JustLinux.com
Linux Planet
PHPBuilder
All Linux Devices
Technology Jobs

JustTechJobs.com

LinuxToday Newsletters
Server Daily
IT Management Daily
Subscribe News
Subscribe PR
Subscribe Security

internet.com
Internet News
Small Business

Advertise
Newsletters
Tech Jobs
E-mail Offers

 






Current Newswire:

Tech Comics: "Groundhog Day"

Want a Job? Learn Linux

PC-BSD 9 review – to FreeBSD what Ubuntu is to Debian

Time to dispel open source myths, says Liam Maxwell

SECURITY: Nmap Inside and Out

Eight features Windows 8 'borrowed' from Linux

Malware devs embrace open-source

A tale of two distros: Ubuntu and Linux Mint

Raspberry Pi benchmarked against Beagleboard, low price is long term

20 popular Ubuntu Linux apps you may want to try



Applications Management Engineer Sr (NYC)
Next Step Systems
US-NY-New York

Justtechjobs.com Post A Job | Post A Resume
:ZDNet: Why MS Office for Linux is a Win-Win
ZDNet: Why MS Office for Linux is a Win-Win
Aug 3, 2005, 02 :30 UTC (37 Talkback[s]) (8711 reads)
(Other stories by Marc Wagner)

"In our open source blog, Dana Blankenhorn asks an important question which Microsoft ought to be asking itself: Would you buy MS Office for Linux? Let's go back a few years, to the antitrust suit brought about by the DoJ under the Clinton administration...

"The initial decree (by Judge Jackson) was for Microsoft to be broken up. I expect that, had that happened, Bill Gates would be even richer than he is today. Why? Simply because an independent applications-only arm of Microsoft would have asked Dana's question years ago..."

Complete Story

Related Stories:
ZDNet: Microsoft Office 2007... For Linux?(Jul 15, 2005)
Editor's Note: Penguins in Hot Pursuit(Jun 24, 2005)
Editor's Note: Apple a Day Won't Keep Linux Away(Jun 10, 2005)
Once More...: Irony, OpenOffice, Open Source, Shared Source, and Microsoft Office (and Standards!)(May 26, 2005)


Index Mode   |   Flat Mode   |   Thread Mode   |   Thread Flat  
  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
We've already got a great office sui ...   Thanks, but no thanks.   
Ken Jennings
Aug 3, 2005, 02:48:55  
We would buy MS office if it were availa ...   Because an Office Computer Needs a Stable OS   
lord vader
Aug 3, 2005, 02:54:39  
Microsoft uses one monopoly to power ano ...   Microsoft would lose more than they'd gain   
Gene Anthony
Aug 3, 2005, 03:13:36  
http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?lt ...   Once again, the Generic Linux Story #4.   
Brandioch Conner
Aug 3, 2005, 03:51:00  
I disagree. First, it would add "legiti ...   Re: Thanks, but no thanks.   
tony
Aug 3, 2005, 04:22:36  
In 1990 I had an old DOS AT clone with P ...   Lesson learned   
Eric Laffoon
Aug 3, 2005, 04:29:18  
Yah right. Linux is no. 1 enemy of M$, a ...   Beware of sabotage   
Song Ching Koh
Aug 3, 2005, 04:35:12  
The short answer is not in a million yea ...   Would I buy MS Office for Linux?   
Ted Swart
Aug 3, 2005, 04:39:38  
I disagree. First, it would add "legit ...   Re: Re: Thanks, but no thanks.   
Andrea
Aug 3, 2005, 05:30:09  
If M$ has a lock on the format and preve ...   not good enough if formats are not open   
wildpossum
Aug 3, 2005, 06:29:17  
Well, to have MS office products run on ...   Intresting approach   
red
Aug 3, 2005, 08:03:24  
MS Office for Linux would be great! Hope ...   MS Office for Linux - this would be GREAT!   
Dandy
Aug 3, 2005, 08:34:47  
> Second, it would make the compatabilit ...   Re: Re: Thanks, but no thanks.   
Chris Waters
Aug 3, 2005, 11:03:40  
Around my office people use Word, Excel ...   Would I? No! But.......   
GreyGeek
Aug 3, 2005, 13:13:36  
There was a time this would have been a ...   Moot at this point   
Thunder Dumper
Aug 3, 2005, 13:47:30  
Would anybody buy Office for Linux? Yes. ...   The real question is...   
jav1231
Aug 3, 2005, 15:14:33  
A lot of people talk about legal stuff w ...   Developer's perspective   
Philippe B
Aug 3, 2005, 15:45:38  
why not open up the office with Openoffi ...   Open Office   
Neo
Aug 3, 2005, 15:54:59  
So the question is would you buy office ...   Office already runs on Linux!   
Kyle
Aug 3, 2005, 16:01:06  
> I would like to thanks Bill Gates for ...   BG invent BASIC?! He did...NOT!   
Some Guy
Aug 3, 2005, 16:33:02  
I have not checked so dont flame me (too ...   ms office for unix?   
patrick
Aug 3, 2005, 16:38:54  
> There was a time this would have been ...   Re: Moot at this point   
ac
Aug 3, 2005, 17:33:20  
> ... I would like to thanks Bill Gates ...   History of BASIC (Was: Developer's perspective   
Zartan
Aug 3, 2005, 17:40:35  
2 years ago the word processors availabl ...   2 years ago, yes, reluctantly. Today...no.   
Charles Hixson
Aug 3, 2005, 17:48:15  
> So the question is would you buy offic ...   Re: Office already runs on Linux!   
ac
Aug 3, 2005, 17:48:18  
> > So the question is would you buy off ...   Re: Re: Office already runs on Linux!   
Andreas Mohr
Aug 3, 2005, 18:05:55  
????Cheers,Carlos Cesar ...   Re: Would I? No! But.......   
Carlos Cesar
Aug 3, 2005, 18:17:16  
Points against all are valid, many of th ...   this is a joke...you're kidding, right...?   
Helios
Aug 3, 2005, 18:17:47  
Maybe Writer, Impress and Draw are ready ...   Re: Thanks, but no thanks.   
Harlan Grove
Aug 3, 2005, 18:44:28  
> > I would like to thanks Bill Gates f ...   Re: BG invent BASIC?! He did...NOT!   
Hanumizzle
Aug 3, 2005, 18:52:29  
Corel did at one time port WordPerfect O ...   Re: MS Office for Linux - this would be GREAT!   
Harlan Grove
Aug 3, 2005, 18:58:15  
> > So the question is would you buy off ...   Re: Re: Office already runs on Linux!   
Kyle
Aug 3, 2005, 19:47:15  
[snip]> Viewed purely by the quality of ...   Re: Re: Thanks, but no thanks.   
Ken Jennings
Aug 3, 2005, 20:08:54  
Regarding M$ Office on Linux:How would M ...   DRM   
hindenburg
Aug 3, 2005, 21:12:59  
I have been using Office for years (for ...   Wine /Crossover   
Ed Gatzke
Aug 3, 2005, 21:34:50  
> > > So the question is would you buy o ...   Re: Re: Re: Office already runs on Linux!   
ac
Aug 3, 2005, 22:09:24  
For serious phishing we'll need plen ...   MS Orifice on Linux? Greaat!   
b a
Aug 4, 2005, 09:42:41  
  Home | Search Talkbacks | Customize View    Top of Page  



Enter your comments below:

* Your Name:

* Your Email Address:

* Subject:

CC: [will also send this talkback to an E-Mail address]

* Comments:

Tags allowed:<I>,<B> and <U>. See our talkback-policy for more about talkback content.

Fields marked with * are required!

..............................




All times are recorded in UTC.
Linux is a trademark of Linus Torvalds.
Powered by Linux, Apache and PHP