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Microsoft has a lot of great engineers that have no religious bias against Linux. This was strictly a Bill Gates/Steve Ballmer thing. The smartest thing Nadella

Microsoft has a lot of great engineers that have no religious bias against Linux. This was strictly a Bill Gates/Steve Ballmer thing. The smartest thing Nadella did was get rid of the Windows religion aspect to their work and let their engineers do the best thing, and not be afraid of Linux.

ekianjo 8y ago
where is the office suite for Linux then?
- kerng 8y ago
  I think that's a pure business decision, they have Office for Android and iOS. Office for Linux might not make that much sense given the low market share on client - but Office 365 has most as WebApps anyway also.
- kelnos 8y ago
  I doubt that has much to do with "religion"; they simply don't think a Linux version of Office will bring in enough revenue to be worth the development and support costs... and I probably wouldn't disagree with that assessment. Linux has large (majority?) market share in the server and IoT markets, but a very tiny market share when it comes to desktop.
  - ekianjo 8y ago
    Yes, but such applications like Office would make it a lot easier for more people to consider Linux as a viable alternative OS.
- shakna 8y ago
  Office 365 is supposed to be the cross-platform, run-anywhere, version of Office.
- dingo_bat 8y ago
  It's known as office 365. And it is superior to any other office suite available for Linux.
- naikrovek 8y ago
  In the browser, and it works really well.
- partiallypro 8y ago
  You can run the web app in your browser. It's no different than what Google does with ChromeOS. A fully capable web app. I haven't used it in a while, but on the feature front the only place it seemed to lag was collaboration, but I think even that is now on par with Google.
- pjmlp 8y ago
  If Linux users don't have any issues putting their documents on Google's servers, they can do the same with Office 365.
- doggydogs94 8y ago
  As soon as Linux gets up to 5% market share (currently 1% tops), you might see a Linux version.
mda 8y ago
They had a good relation with Linux . in the business of shaking down conpanies with bogus patents. Nadella is no different.

ekianjo 8y ago

where is the office suite for Linux then?

kerng 8y ago
I think that's a pure business decision, they have Office for Android and iOS. Office for Linux might not make that much sense given the low market share on client - but Office 365 has most as WebApps anyway also.
kelnos 8y ago
I doubt that has much to do with "religion"; they simply don't think a Linux version of Office will bring in enough revenue to be worth the development and support costs... and I probably wouldn't disagree with that assessment. Linux has large (majority?) market share in the server and IoT markets, but a very tiny market share when it comes to desktop.
- ekianjo 8y ago
  Yes, but such applications like Office would make it a lot easier for more people to consider Linux as a viable alternative OS.
shakna 8y ago
Office 365 is supposed to be the cross-platform, run-anywhere, version of Office.
dingo_bat 8y ago
It's known as office 365. And it is superior to any other office suite available for Linux.
naikrovek 8y ago
In the browser, and it works really well.
partiallypro 8y ago
You can run the web app in your browser. It's no different than what Google does with ChromeOS. A fully capable web app. I haven't used it in a while, but on the feature front the only place it seemed to lag was collaboration, but I think even that is now on par with Google.
pjmlp 8y ago
If Linux users don't have any issues putting their documents on Google's servers, they can do the same with Office 365.
doggydogs94 8y ago
As soon as Linux gets up to 5% market share (currently 1% tops), you might see a Linux version.

mda 8y ago

They had a good relation with Linux . in the business of shaking down conpanies with bogus patents. Nadella is no different.