Options... (Score 1)

I think it is about options. How many times have we heard someone say something like, "yeah I do almost everything in Linux now, except for the occasional reboot into Windows to use M$ Word, because my boss/company makes me use it." This sort of comment is always followed up with something like, "well did you know that you can write Word 97 format with StarOffice?" Or, "Why don't you tell them to save their documents in RTF." etc... If M$ does this, people who find themselves in this situation, will have another choice. I don't doubt that M$ is doing this for their own self-serving reasons, but choice is still good. Even if using M$ office for Linux is a bad option, at least we have the option to use it, or not.