> http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36762-2000Apr18.html
>
> "Asked if Microsoft is considering or would consider making its Office
> software available to Linux, Ballmer said he would not. The issue is
> significant, particularly among some state antitrust enforcers, who
> are considering a remedy requiring Microsoft to make Office, which
> includes the Word and Excel spreadsheet software, available for Linux.
> Such a remedy, antitrust attorneys argue, would help turn Linux into a
> true competitor for personal-computer operating systems.
>
> "I'll be sort of calculating: Our job is to serve customers and to
> make money," Ballmer said. "There are no customers today for Linux on
> the client [desktop computer], therefore there is no opportunity to
> make money. There is nothing in there that looks like a good
> opportunity for us." "
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Until later: Geoffrey                ">esoteric@denali.atlnet.com
I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
Y2K...
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