[agrue]

Microsoft is pro open source when it suits them.

If there were in it for the long haul we would see things like Office for linux. Instead we see WSL.

One or two CEO changes and they'll be back to litigation for patent infringement.

[apetrovic]

What you think would be the cost for porting and supporting Office to Linux? And how many Linux users would pay for desktop Office, either Office 365 subscription or one-time purchase?

They're not charity. They have right to do whatever they want with their source.

[HideousKojima]

>They're not charity. They have right to do whatever they want with their source.

Copyright is a government granted monopoly on intellectual property, not an inherent right. What needs to happen is extreme reform (or outright abolishment) of copyright. Though that's basically a pipe dream right now

[agrue]

MS office is head and shoulders above Libre on Linux. I'd happily buy it.

Not sure on the effort required. I checked GH (not a Microsoft company...) but couldn't find the source code.

People and organizations can act within their rights and still be detrimental other people, organizations, and communities.

[wasdfff]

If they’ve been building it on mac os for decades it shouldn’t be too hard to package it for other unix based OSs. Hire a single engineer and they could probably get something running in six months.