Re: MS Office for Linux

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

--- From a message sent by Eric M. Bennett on 3/8/1999 10:11 PM ---

>I agree that many current Linux users would probably not be receptive
>customers for Microsoft Office.  But availability of Office on Linux might
>encourage people who have *not* switched to do so.  People who don't care
>so much about the OS and just want to run Office will have a new choice.
>(That's one reason I think MS will delay as long as possible before
>actually releasing anything.)

Precisely. If the plans play out, and Linux breaks out into the wider 
market, Office would automatically become important, particularly in a 
mixed OS environment. This is exactly what Mac users in large 
corporations have discovered -- they have some chance of holding onto 
their Macintosh so long as they can run Office.

Mitch Stone
mstone@vc.net