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Microsoft to Continue Office on Mac
LiMikeTnux wrote to mention a CNN article giving details about the five year agreement now in place between Microsoft and Apple to keep Office alive on the Mac platform. From the article: "Though Apple clearly benefits from having the widely-used Office software available to its users, it may seem less obvious what Microsoft stands to gain from continuing its relationship. But according to Greg DeMichillie, a senior analyst with Directions on Microsoft, an independent consulting and analysis firm focusing specifically on Microsoft, the business is still a profitable one for Microsoft. While it's not a huge part of Microsoft's business, given the company's sheer scale, 'Apple's 3 to 4 percent market share doesn't hurt them either,' DeMichillie said. 'Also, to have them be seen going out of their way to hurt a competing operating system is not really helpful from an anti-trust perspective.'"
You are confused. The point of having a Mac is impressing chicks. It's Linux users who desperately need to avoid Microsoft products.
The average windows user doesn't like windows. I don't think it's polarized, I think nobody likes windows.
Software companies like to sell software to people with computers.
But they leave Office
"The Lord Giveth, and the lord taketh away"
Speak for yourself.
Microsoft doesn't want to lose its most talented developers. Seriously, just compare the mac office to the windows office....its night and day.
What do you do when someone sends you a spreadsheet and your battery won't last long enough for NeoOffice/J to open?
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Sure. A guy with with a computer that small must really be hung.
The 12" powerbook is the anti-Hummer.