Re:In any case, IE should come first (Score 2)

I agree with you completely that IE should and would be the first thing that MS ports to linux... hell, they already ported it to solaris so I'm sure the jump from a different unix wouldn't be anywhere near as rough as the jump from windows.

What I disagree with is the assertion that they would be forced to give away Office to compete with Star Office. First of all, in my brief encounters with Star Office, I've been totally unimpressed, IMHO word is a much better product, that could change, but I don't have all that much faith in sun to get SO up to snuff. One should really be comparing it to the WordPerfect suite that is out for linux, which still costs money for comercial use (where most of the money MS makes off of Office sales).

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