“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…”