> Linux Leader Calls Porting Of Office And Quicken Critical
Quicken, no problem, I'd love to see it (along with QuickBooks). But I'm
sort of mixed over the issue of porting Office to GNU/Linux.
On the one hand, porting Office to GNU/Linux would:
* further the MS Office monopoly
* give Microsoft a nice way to subtlely knock GNU/Linux (look at the
outdated and odd versions of Office for the Mac)
* provide some cash and good P.R. to Microsoft
* give GNU/Linux the large bunch of nightmarish problems that plague Office,
resulting in some bad P.R. for GNU/Linux (the "see, it has the same virus
problems as Windows" type of P.R. that ignorant people would inevitably say)
* and most of all, squelch the free software app development going on in
GNU/Linux and be a huge hit (probably death knell) to Applix, StarOffice,
and WordPerfect
On the other hand, porting Office to GNU/Linux would:
* weaken the Windows platform as a whole
* give GNU/Linux a huge shot in the arm for desktop use
Will GNU/Linux make it on the desktop without Office? Are the tradeoffs
worth it?
To me, the negatives outweigh the positives of porting Office.
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