"Win32 applications obviously do not appeal to the more
dogmatic in the Linux community. But some of us recognize their
continued relevance and appreciate projects like WINE, which
address it. As so much does in the open-source world, it all boils
downs to choice.
This was written on WordPerfect for Linux, thanks to WINE. Yes,
I could have used StarOffice, but it's not good enough for my
particular office suite needs.