Comment Re:Linux users wouldn't buy it anyways. (Score 2, Insightful) 479
I agree with your conclusion, but not necessarily its support.
Joe (Linus?) LinuxUser is NOT going to buy MS Office. Frankly there are alternatives that would cost alot less, and match many of the same features.
The market for a port of Office to Linux would most likely be a business. Some group that couldn't/wouldn't shell for M$ PC's but needed officeware for productivity/similarity/compatibility of files and office worker skills. BUT, the price shows up anyway, as M$ would be dumb to not charge you out the @$$ for Office for Not-Windows.
And frankly, while unfortunately not entirely inaccurate, it's sort of a cheap shot to say that Linux users are "typically pirates". I would venture that the number of Linux-based pirates is infinitessimally small compared to Windows pirates (okay, that was an easy postulate).
M$ Office for Linux? Never happen.
Joe (Linus?) LinuxUser is NOT going to buy MS Office. Frankly there are alternatives that would cost alot less, and match many of the same features.
The market for a port of Office to Linux would most likely be a business. Some group that couldn't/wouldn't shell for M$ PC's but needed officeware for productivity/similarity/compatibility of files and office worker skills. BUT, the price shows up anyway, as M$ would be dumb to not charge you out the @$$ for Office for Not-Windows.
And frankly, while unfortunately not entirely inaccurate, it's sort of a cheap shot to say that Linux users are "typically pirates". I would venture that the number of Linux-based pirates is infinitessimally small compared to Windows pirates (okay, that was an easy postulate).
M$ Office for Linux? Never happen.
