Re: [SLUG] interesting rumour

[John Morrissey <johnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

John Wiltshire wrote:

> From: Arthur Barton [mailto:arthurb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> snip....        ............and so far results are disappointing.

......as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be .....bugs without
end.......amen.

>  (unless you start with the Mac version) it would be a bad place to start.

since Mac OS10 is based on freeBSD, M$  don't really have much coice but to port
Office to 'nix unless they want to kiss goodbye the massive marketshare
dominance that Word (and now office98) enjoys on the Mac platform.

And if they are doing all that work for OS10 ....it's a smart hedge to do a
little extra work and bring their applications into the light properly .......

Forgive the jedi lingo, but  the evil emperor seems to have some basic
philosophical shortcomings when it comes to dealing with open source
communities..........

> Given the current implementation of IE on Unix exists I'd be expecting it to
> come out
> first - possibly quite soon to compete with Mozilla.

.........unless it helps him to F*!$over another company.

> Question of course remains is whether this would be good or bad for Linux.

Of course he has said on many occassions that he intends to GIVE most of his
fortune away one day ............................... hmmmm ...a Benevolent
Despot .... deja vu?

cheers
John