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eWeek: Microsoft Holding Its Ground on Office for Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 1, 2005

“Some prominent figures in the Linux community believe that as
enterprises increase their use of Linux on the desktop, Microsoft
Corp. will be forced to consider offering a version of Office for
Linux–or at least make its software more interoperable with
open-source desktop productivity suites.

“‘When the [Linux desktop] market share gets to a certain point,
Microsoft will, just as it did with Apple [Computer Inc.] in the
past, make Office available on Linux,’ Open Source Development Labs
Inc. CEO Stuart Cohen told eWEEK in a recent interview…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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