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osOpinion: Microsoft Office for Linux? Not Likely

“Microsoft Office for Linux is one product that will
probably never make it out the door.
Why? Microsoft has only
one, trivial, reason to port Office to Linux: money (which
Microsoft has no shortage of). But, if Microsoft were to do so,
anyway, they would have to overcome numerous obstacles: fierce
competition with Star Office, demonization by the Linux community,
and their own FUD to name a few.”

“The average Linux user is 110% against Microsoft. Although
Linux is undoubtedly a good OS, being Microsoft free was probably
part of the decision to go Linux.”

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