A Penguin in the Orchard

Office and Crossover

Microsoft will limit support for OfficeXP if it’s running on Linux via the CodeWeavers Crossover Office app.

Tony Wilkinson, product manager for Office at Microsoft Australia, said the company would only assist customers running Office XP on Linux platforms using intermediary software if they can prove that the glitches they experience occur on the Windows platform as well.

“If there is an issue that’s reproducible on Windows then we will help to resolve it but if the issue only exists when you’re running Office with CrossOver on Linux, then that’s a problem with their implementation and we’re not going to resolve it — it would be up to them,” said Wilkinson.

The onus for proving that an issue affects both Windows and Linux would lie with the customer, said Wilkinson.