Seeing how well other Microsoft software works, I wouldn't buy it!
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000, Wandered Inn wrote:
> > 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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>
> I'm afraid there will be more problems with W2K than there were with
> Y2K...
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