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Article #621954Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 07:00
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 07:00
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On 4/21/2018 9:11 PM, J. Clarke wrote: > On Sun, 22 Apr 2018 02:44:22 +0200, "Carlos E.R." > <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote: > >> On 2018-04-21 18:43, John Levine wrote: >>> In article <pbfi85$ek7$1...@dont-email.me>, >>> Gareth's Downstairs Computer <headstone255.but.n...@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> ... by its monopolistic attitude towards the PC now >>>> that the World and its family are moving en masse to the >>>> ARM processors? >>> >>> Microsoft doesn't care what processors people use. There are versions >>> of Windows for all sorts of chips and of Office for all sorts of >>> operating systems. >> >> Ah, yes? Care to say where can we download Office for Linux? > > Depends on how you define "Linux". There is an Android version and an > OS/X version. Most people who use Linux as Linux would reject > anything from Microsoft on general principle so they probably quite > rightly see no market there. > > Mac OS X is bsed on BSD... -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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