Re: Holy Shee-it

["Monique Y. Herman" <spam@bounceswoosh.org>]

On 2004-02-16, Christian Schnobrich penned:
> On Son, 2004-02-15 at 19:35, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
>> Yeah, no kidding.  I've gone and posted that up on my
>> website...that's just bizarre.
>
> [btw, for all that didn't follow the link: it says there's to be a
> Microsoft Office for Linux]

But provided by IBM, not MS, right?  (At least, that's what I recall
from the slashdot summary ... I confess to not reading the details.)

>
> Hmmm. Reminds me of something I read years ago: if Linux gains some
> distinctive market share, Microsoft almost has to provide ports.  My
> technical terms leave me here... was it "due diligence"?  It's
> certainly not easy to explain to the shareholders that, say, 10% of
> the market are ignored on purpose.
>
> cu, Schnobs
>
>


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monique