Comments on: Lotus Haters Gang Up On Notes for Linux http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/07/13/group_aaebhadfhf_ia/ Spam, Security, Privacy, Spyware, Phishing & Viruses from the Front Lines. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:53:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: sjun http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/07/13/group_aaebhadfhf_ia/#comment-1615 Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:22:31 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/07/13/group_aaebhadfhf_ia/#comment-1615 It becomes time IBM puts a native Office Suite into the Linux platform. I suggest a native Linuxversion of Lotus SmartSuite will do the job. It becomes time IBM puts a native Office Suite into the Linux platform. I suggest a native Linuxversion of Lotus SmartSuite will do the job.

]]> by: BJ Gillette http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/07/13/group_aaebhadfhf_ia/#comment-1171 Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:04:41 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/07/13/group_aaebhadfhf_ia/#comment-1171 Hi Limulus. As we speak, Gates is packing his bags for his foundation. Don't be surprised if Ballmer rides into the sunset after him. I didn't say it would be quick, easy, or soon. But Microsoft Outlook and Office will go Linux. Count on it. Hi Limulus.
As we speak, Gates is packing his bags for his foundation. Don’t be surprised if Ballmer rides into the sunset after him.

I didn’t say it would be quick, easy, or soon.

But Microsoft Outlook and Office will go Linux. Count on it.

]]> by: Limulus http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/07/13/group_aaebhadfhf_ia/#comment-1044 Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:35:20 +0000 http://www.emailbattles.com/2006/07/13/group_aaebhadfhf_ia/#comment-1044 > Microsoft's long-range response will be most fascinating. When combined with the European Union's anti-trust offensive, could Notes on Linux trigger Microsoft Outlook for Linux? Microsoft Office for Linux? Microsoft Exchange for Linux?<br> <br> Its a very interesting possibility, but certainly not anytime soon for two reasons: Gates and Ballmer ;)<br> <br> e.g. Consider some of the things Ballmer has said about Linux:<br> <br> "Linux is a cancer"<br> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/<br> <br> "Linux [... has] characteristics of communism"<br> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/<br> <br> It seems to me that Gates and Ballmer are the most prominent vestiges of "the bad, old Microsoft" which Paul Thurrott described on http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5308_05.asp<br> <br> "This is the Microsoft that ran roughshod over competitors in order to gain market share at any cost. The Microsoft that forgot about customers in its blind zeal to harm competitors. The Microsoft, that frankly, all the Linux and Apple fanatics always imagined was out there, plotting and planning their termination. The Microsoft that threatens Windows fans with needless legal threats rather than reaching out and creating constructive relationships with the very people who prop up the company the most. This Bad Microsoft is not all of Microsoft [...] But it's there."<br> <br> You mentioned Outlook; there was a time when it was available for Mac and even Unix! Internet Explorer was available for both of those platforms too.<br> <br> It will be quite a while indeed before MS releases their software for Linux. > Microsoft’s long-range response will be most fascinating. When combined with the European Union’s anti-trust offensive, could Notes on Linux trigger Microsoft Outlook for Linux? Microsoft Office for Linux? Microsoft Exchange for Linux?

Its a very interesting possibility, but certainly not anytime soon for two reasons: Gates and Ballmer ;)

e.g. Consider some of the things Ballmer has said about Linux:

“Linux is a cancer”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/

“Linux [… has] characteristics of communism”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/

It seems to me that Gates and Ballmer are the most prominent vestiges of “the bad, old Microsoft” which Paul Thurrott described on http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/winvista_5308_05.asp

“This is the Microsoft that ran roughshod over competitors in order to gain market share at any cost. The Microsoft that forgot about customers in its blind zeal to harm competitors. The Microsoft, that frankly, all the Linux and Apple fanatics always imagined was out there, plotting and planning their termination. The Microsoft that threatens Windows fans with needless legal threats rather than reaching out and creating constructive relationships with the very people who prop up the company the most. This Bad Microsoft is not all of Microsoft […] But it’s there.”

You mentioned Outlook; there was a time when it was available for Mac and even Unix! Internet Explorer was available for both of those platforms too.

It will be quite a while indeed before MS releases their software for Linux.

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