[CLUE-Tech] MS Office on Linux -- would you?

[Angelo Bertolli]

Unfortunately, not everyone has the choice to "not pay for Office" -- I 
recall it came bundled with computers until it became so popular that 
you had to shell out the money for it.  I hope IBM doesn't go this 
route:  deciding for the consumer that they'd like to have MS Office on 
their linux systems, and provide it.  This has always been MS's game in 
the past.  Any mom and pop computer retailer only has to pay what? $30? 
$60? for MS Office?

Oh and I know the Linux community has praised IBM, but let's not let 
them play us too far either.  EVERY major brand of i386 family vendor 
still says they "recommend Microsoft Windows XP" on their websites for 
desktops.  Not that there's anything wrong with that per say, but we 
must realize that IBM's moves are good for IBM--and they certainly do 
not love open source just because it's open.

Angelo

>
> No, I refuse to buy Microsoft Office (and, for that matter, other 
> MS/Windows products) for a variety reasons: its cost is grossly 
> inflated, MS's ethics are such that I do not want to deal with such a 
> business, MS's poor support policies,its proprietary file formats and 
> the gathering of unnecessary personal data when I am forced to 
> register it.
>