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They don't even have a closed source MS Office for Linux.

• simonh 10y ago
  It's hard to see how a port to Linux would ever make back the cost of porting it in the first place.
  • notatoad 10y ago
    or how that really has any impact on the general "openness" of microsoft.
    • st3v3r 10y ago
      Well, if the company really is "open by default", they can open the source for Office, and the community can aid in the port.
      • cryptarch 10y ago
        And they could open-source all future Windows updates! That actually sounds kinda fun, building your own Windows patches :')
• adrianlmm 10y ago
  Not even Google is investing in Desktop Linux, where is that official Google Drive client?
  • pera 10y ago
    Chrome works pretty well on Linux.
    • adrianlmm 10y ago
      So is Visual Studio Code, your point is?
      • datatapes 10y ago
        As FT_intern said, most if not all of google's services can be found on the web, through chrome or otherwise. VS Code is nice but not a full gateway into all of MS's stuff/services. To OP's point, office online is free without a 365 subscription.
      • pera 10y ago
        The parent post was edited.
  • FT_intern 10y ago
    Google's main apps are web based and for the most part OS independent
    • ocdtrekkie 10y ago
      File sync is a behavior best done with a client app, as you can see with Drive apps for every other platform.
  • benologist 10y ago
    Google builds two of the perhaps most popular desktop linux's ... Android and Chrome OS.
    • adrianlmm 10y ago
      And MS has the Linux Subsystem in Windows to run Ubuntu Linux binaries and is open source, so?
      • pritambaral 10y ago
        The Linux Subsystem in Windows is NOT open source. So what if they can run Ubuntu? So can VirtualBox! And yes, I know the difference between virtualization and syscall emulation.
        • adrianlmm 10y ago
          You are right, is not open source (yet), but you still can tun Linux binaries.
          • pritambaral 10y ago
            > (yet) You seem hopeful of a thing few people are hopeful of. > you still can tun[sic] Linux binaries That does not make a platform open. Also note that you can't run all Linux binaries. In this respect, my original comparison with VirtualBox gets even better, since with VirtualBox I can run whatever edition of Linux I want, with graphics and total, absolute control, and a faster filesystem.
• msh 10y ago
  Yes they do, you can get it on the google play store. Maybe not your preferred flavor of Linux, but Linux none the less.