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Article #621967Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Peter Flass
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:17
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:17
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Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes: > >> On 2018-04-22, John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: >>> In article <6g2tqe-i3i.ln1@Telcontar.valinor> you write: >>>>> 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? >>> >>> Microsoft are not idiots. If they thought there was a market for >>> Office on linux they would port it to linux. >> >> No need. I interoperated with an office full of MS weenies for years >> using LibreOffice and no-one ever noticed. > > Same here. > > If I ever absolutely needed Office, I suppose I would have tried this: > > https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/12/crossover-17-linux > So someone has finally solved the installer problem. I tried to install one or two windoze apps (not Office) and got bit by this. Lets see, £32 is about $75? -- Pete
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