Office to Linux: 'None of it is true'

Thursday, 19 February 2004 19:20 EST

An IBM technical manager based in Sweden apparently spoke out of turn recently when he told several publications that Big Blue was working with Microsoft on porting Office to Linux. Representatives of Microsoft and IBM have denied there was any validity to the rumors. "No, it's completely erroneous," said Mary Rose Greenough, director of communications for IBM's Lotus software division. "None of it is true."

Office and Lotus Notes are the leading desktop solutions on the market, while Sun's StarOffice and the open source OpenOffice.org are the leading alternatives.

IBM, meanwhile, is heavily committed to Linux, and the company's focus to date has been on server implementations.

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