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To: DiViT who wrote (67156)	4/11/2002 11:29:10 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 74651

Bingo. That's exactly why it's important, in order to restrict Microsoft's ability to abusively extend its monopoly, for outside developers to have the same kind of access to points of interface as Microsoft's own developers. JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)

To: DiViT who wrote (67156)	4/12/2002 2:12:08 AM
From: Dave	Respond to of 74651

Why doesn't Apple design their Applications to run on Linux? Because Apple's apps run on PowerPC, and there's no good Linux for PowerPC. Besides, there are maybe nineteen Linux users on PowerPCs, and those guys haven't bought any commercial software so there's simply no market for Linux apps on PowerPC. If that changes, maybe Apple will test its apps on Linux, and make a tidy profit. The point is that MSFT mustn't be allowed to deliberately break its monopoly products to make them incompatible with third-party software that competes with other MSFT monopoly products. When Apple comes up with a monopoly in some market somewhere, then ask me again about how they should be restricted from illegally leveraging that monopoly power. In the unlikely event that this ever happens, I'll be on the side of enforcing American antitrust law to keep Apple in line. But until then, your comments about Apple apps, and OpenQuickTime are pretty much irrelevant. Breaking up MSFT into Apps and OS companies would have solved this dilemma. Unfettered by MSFT's anticompetitive war against other operating systems, the Apps group would have no problem making a profit selling Office to Linux programmers, and actually going out of its way to keep it compatible with Linux just as it does for Macintosh. You make silly accusations like that and dare to call yourself a developer? What, are you going to suggest that they take away my elite programmer's club pizza discount card or something? Dave

To: DiViT who wrote (67156)	4/12/2002 2:42:07 AM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74651

Office XP doesn't run a Linux yet, but since Office 97 and 2000 are the most widely deployed versions, it doesn't matter too much. CrossOver Office is just a nother Linux feature, it's not mean to ensure that the whole range of Microsoft products run on Linux. If they provide an Office XP version, that's fine. If not, we'll live without it. But - some day, there will be a product from Microsoft that includes Linux. Maybe it's called "Microsoft Linux". But before that, there will be a Microsoft Office for Linux. If not, Microsoft should reconsider being in the software business. What CrossOver Office does, is to strengthen the market position of Microsoft Office. But I believe you are right, that Microsoft needs to support a Linux version officially, if they want to make good money on Microsoft Office in the future. Dybdahl.