The quotes attributed to 'Big Ed' are from a fake speech, and the video of the speech is obviously fake... read the first comment on the blog, and follow the link embedded in the subject line.
It's likely that the drivers are packed into a special Xandros-only OOffice, and the vanilla OO remains unaffected by the deal. Which is, of course, just another way for Microsoft to say "**** you very much!"
Overall, my impression is that Microsquish has decided that while unable to control Linux, they would very much like to control how people use Linux, which distro they choose, etc. After the travesty that is Vista, and all this crap about patents, I would very much like to see the whole company sued into oblivion.
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"no software developer kit is required for the iPhone." Another interpretation: It runs OS X, so we thought it'd be clever to just use the OS X SDK...
Here's the link: http://techdirt.com/articles/20070606/105850.shtml
The quotes attributed to 'Big Ed' are from a fake speech, and the video of the speech is obviously fake... read the first comment on the blog, and follow the link embedded in the subject line.
It's likely that the drivers are packed into a special Xandros-only OOffice, and the vanilla OO remains unaffected by the deal. Which is, of course, just another way for Microsoft to say "**** you very much!" Overall, my impression is that Microsquish has decided that while unable to control Linux, they would very much like to control how people use Linux, which distro they choose, etc. After the travesty that is Vista, and all this crap about patents, I would very much like to see the whole company sued into oblivion.