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Will Apple and Microsoft Renew their Vows?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the match-made-in-hell dept.

krugdm writes "Remember about five years ago when Apple announced their deal with Microsoft where Apple agreed to bundle IE with new Macs and drop a patent lawsuit, and the guys from Redmond were to continue to develop Office for the Mac as well as purchase $150 million in Apple stock? Well, that deal expires this summer. describing the love-hate relationship the two companies have had in the time since 1997 and wonders whether the pact will be renewed."

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  1. Super-secret-inside-info by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I have a source that said Word ver. X.5 for OSX is going to be an exact port of Microsoft Word 5.1 (the most popular version on macos). Bill Gates said, "no one is buying office x.. but EVERYONE bought Word 5.x... lets re-ship that! Carbonize it programmer slaves! Carbonize it!" Direct quote mind you.