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kelnos on April 17, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft built its own custom Linux kernel for it...

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 on April 17, 2018 [–]

Yes, but such applications like Office would make it a lot easier for more people to consider Linux as a viable alternative OS.

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