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Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...

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From: Carlos E.R.
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 11:51
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On 2018-04-22 04:11, 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.

So, there is no Office for all operating systems as claimed.


And no, there are places that would acclaim it. For instance those
cities that are switching to Linux and employees claim that they can not
do the same thing with LO as with O. Ok, there you have: O. Shut up and
work.

No chance MS is going to allow that to happen.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
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