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Microsoft Office comes to Linux - MS begrudgingly bends
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| While doing their best to keep the stranglehold on the productivity software
| market, Linux struggles to get a foothold in the market without a painless
| solution for business documents that doesn’t require how-to instructions on
| the net. Linux without business documents surely has stunted its growth into
| the corporate market. By offering their web apps for free, Microsoft is
| reluctantly offering an olive branch to Linux users. In Microsoft’s video,
| the company states that browser Internet Explorer won’t be required to use
| the web app, they even name Firefox and Safari as being compatible.
| Microsoft doesn’t mention Google’s Chrome (although both Safari and Chrome
| are built using the same components).
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http://www.gadgetell.com/tech/comment/microsoft-office-comes-to-linux/
Related:
Microsoft earnings post-mortem: The cash cows quiver
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| I can’t help but wonder if the lackluster Windows/Office results also can be
| attributed to Microsoft brass’s complete and crazy obsession with Google (and
| taking over Yahoo) has resulted in no one minding the Windows store. Kevin
| Johnson, the head of Microsoft’s Platforms & Services division seems to be so
| laser-focused on the online-ad business these days that he almost seems to
| have forgotten Microsoft is still in the software business, too.
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| Microsoft execs’ claims about walking away from the Yahoo deal are nothing
| more than bluster. A protracted hostile takeover bid is just going to
| distract not just employees in Microsoft’s online services business, but
| company management, too. It’s not a pretty picture.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1362
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