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IBM Wants to Port Office to Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the couldn't-hurt-things dept.

shfted! writes "OSNews reports: As part of its initiative to put Linux on the desktop, IBM Corp. wants to migrate Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite to Linux. Microsoft said it's not involved and suggests that IBM might do it by emulation."

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  1. Re:bugs, bugs, bugs by black+mariah · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Office's ubiquity is why OO and KOffice are pretty much doomed. If IBM can port Office and retain all of the functionality without dragging it down to OO level slowness, why not do it? No more whining about not being able to open .DOC files, unless you're RMS.

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