Re: [TCLUG:4711] Rumors of MS Office port to linux (why kid around???)

[John R Sheets <dusk@smsi-roman.com>]

Eric Hillman wrote:
> 
> What if MS releases an easy-to-use
> office suite that also happens to be an easy-to-install *window manager* --
> something that gives businesses a no-brainer alternative to the perplexing
> mix & match of GNOME/KDE + WindowMaker/Enlightenement/AfterStep/etc.  Sad to
> say, *I'd* buy that.  Not to run myself, but it'd be one step closer to
> making Linux a viable desktop for the rest of the office.

Well, any _rational_ business might consider this.  For a good
article on the flexibility of the Microsoft mindset, check out
this Salon cover story:


http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/feature/1999/03/cov_08feature.html

John