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Cool! Now make Microsoft Office Open Source! I understand you won't,so atleast release the Linux versions of them!
by varbhat 1y ago
Cool! Now make Microsoft Office Open Source! I understand you won't,so atleast release the Linux versions of them!
- aaronbaugher 1y agoI remember way, way back when Internet Explorer first came out, there was talk of a Unix/Linux version coming soon.
- wvenable 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_UNIX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_UNIX 1997 to 2001 (IE 4 to IE 5 SP1)
- rizalp 1y agoThat would not be a sound strategy. Microsoft choose to make a OS a commodity, but not services and platforms, as part of the strategy to commoditize the complements like developer tooling Commoditize your complements: https://gwern.net/complement https://gwern.net/complement