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Re: Microsoft Hard on 'Excel' Firm
Posted by: Richard Willner 2004-11-17 10:50:13

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It might be the mismatch of the year. The president of a 15-person Manhattan software company said yesterday he was itching for a fight after Microsoft warned his tiny outfit to stop marketing its "TurboExcel" product. TurboExcel allows people to adapt their Excel spreadsheets so they can be run under a Linux operating system which Richard Tannenbaum, president of SavvySoft, believes is the real reason Microsoft is picking on his firm.

Re: Microsoft Hard on 'Excel' Firm
Posted by: Kagehi 2004-11-17 10:51:26 In reply to: Richard Willner

Just so long as they don't give in at some point, like the Lindows/Linspire people... I really wanted to see Microsoft scramble when they lost the supposed Windows trademark. :(