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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. Re:Something will happen, that's for sure.... by 90XDoubleSide · · Score: 3, Informative
    Actually, he said they have no taste, not they have no class (although I'm sure that's been said as well ;). Probably an error in Revenge of the Nerds, which is largely "based on actual events" aka "poorly researched." The whole quote goes:

    "The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their product. So I guess I am saddened, not by Microsoft's success: I have no problem with their success. They've earned their success, for the most part. I have a problem with the fact that they just make really third-rate products."
    --Triumph of the Nerds PBS documentary interview (May 1996)

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  2. appleworks by spike666 · · Score: 3, Informative

    AppleWorks is nice, it doesnt support powerpoint, but it does word and excel formats. no, its not open source, but its cheap (~US$80) and smaller than Office (ok thats not hard)

    plus its fully cocoa so it can make the fonts look nice.

  3. Re:Something will happen, that's for sure.... by plastik55 · · Score: 2, Informative

    You do know that there is already AppleWorks for Windows?

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