Microsoft "Windows for Linux"

Jérôme Bouat jerome.bouat at wanadoo.fr
Mon May 14 18:17:14 CDT 2001


Anthony Argyriou a écrit :
> 
> "Interconnect" <mark at logichip.com.au> wrote:
> 
> >If they released Office for Linux then there is even LESS reason to keep
> >buying Windows upgrages. However I have seen MS Office for the Mac. Go
> >figure?
> 
> Incompatible hardware - you can't put Windows on a powerPC.
> 
> Word and Excel (as gui programs) were on the Mac *first*. Microsoft created
> Windows to allow people who'd bought PCs and DOS to get a Mac-like
> experience without abandoning cheaper hardware.
For what was need for Word and Excel,
I believe that it is neither Microsoft,
nor Apple who invented
the user interface,
but Xerox (mouse, etc, ...).

Jérôme




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