The only mention of Linux in that article is in the "About Mainsoft" section. Microsoft isn't targeting Linux in particular. I can't see how Microsoft can deny that they're working on this. This press release has as its source "Microsoft Corporation."
Note that the only product specifically mentioned in either press release is Internet Explorer. That doesn't mean that they're not working on ports of Office or other applications (I suspect that they are), only that they're not yet ready to announce them.
It's interesting to note that the discussion on this thread is mostly limited to paranoid fantasy of Microsoft's plans to undermine Linux. I suspect that if they were trying to do that, it would be very obvious. It's more likely that Microsoft sees Linux as a growing market in which they can sell their products.
I find it amusing that, if Microsoft announces a product under development, this community starts making snide comments about vapor ware. But if you learn about a project that Microsoft has not yet announced, you start your little paranoid rants about why Microsoft didn't announce the project. I think you just like bashing Microsoft because they're an easy target (kind of like hitting the side of a barn with a basketball from 10 feet away) and it's considered cool by mush-minded ACs. You goofballs (and the Linux community in general) would be better served by examining the current state of Linux with a critical eye and helping to move it forward rather than taking mostly unintelligible and entirely ineffective potshots at a company that's done much more good than harm to the computer industry over the past 20 years.
I have no huge love for Microsoft, although I do use their products (mostly successfully) on a daily basis. But then, I don't hate the company either. I seriously believe that computers would not be as widely used today had not a company pushed them as hard as Microsoft has. That doesn't excuse their more predatory policies, but it does put things in perspective. Plus, I've made piles of money writing software for and supporting MS-DOS and Windows.
I'm hoping to make piles more writing software for and supporting Linux.
I guess by that measure, we could say that the entire Linux community is so desperate to get anyone to develop for Linux that they're giving everything away for free.
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Actually, I think it was Arthur C. Clarke who said "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
The only mention of Linux in that article is in the "About Mainsoft" section. Microsoft isn't targeting Linux in particular. I can't see how Microsoft can deny that they're working on this. This press release has as its source "Microsoft Corporation."
Note that the only product specifically mentioned in either press release is Internet Explorer. That doesn't mean that they're not working on ports of Office or other applications (I suspect that they are), only that they're not yet ready to announce them.
It's interesting to note that the discussion on this thread is mostly limited to paranoid fantasy of Microsoft's plans to undermine Linux. I suspect that if they were trying to do that, it would be very obvious. It's more likely that Microsoft sees Linux as a growing market in which they can sell their products.
I find it amusing that, if Microsoft announces a product under development, this community starts making snide comments about vapor ware. But if you learn about a project that Microsoft has not yet announced, you start your little paranoid rants about why Microsoft didn't announce the project. I think you just like bashing Microsoft because they're an easy target (kind of like hitting the side of a barn with a basketball from 10 feet away) and it's considered cool by mush-minded ACs. You goofballs (and the Linux community in general) would be better served by examining the current state of Linux with a critical eye and helping to move it forward rather than taking mostly unintelligible and entirely ineffective potshots at a company that's done much more good than harm to the computer industry over the past 20 years.
I have no huge love for Microsoft, although I do use their products (mostly successfully) on a daily basis. But then, I don't hate the company either. I seriously believe that computers would not be as widely used today had not a company pushed them as hard as Microsoft has. That doesn't excuse their more predatory policies, but it does put things in perspective. Plus, I've made piles of money writing software for and supporting MS-DOS and Windows.
I'm hoping to make piles more writing software for and supporting Linux.
I guess by that measure, we could say that the entire Linux community is so desperate to get anyone to develop for Linux that they're giving everything away for free.