[varbhat]

Cool! Now make Microsoft Office Open Source! I understand you won't,so atleast release the Linux versions of them!

[rizalp]

That would not be a sound strategy. Microsoft choose to make a OS a commodity, but not services and platforms, as part of the strategy to commoditize the complements like developer tooling

Commoditize your complements: https://gwern.net/complement

[aaronbaugher]

I remember way, way back when Internet Explorer first came out, there was talk of a Unix/Linux version coming soon.

[wvenable]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_UNIX

1997 to 2001 (IE 4 to IE 5 SP1)