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Microsoft drops VBA in Mac Office 2007

slashdotwriter writes "Macworld features an article stating that the next version of Office for the Mac will not include Visual Basic scripting. From the article: 'Microsoft Office isn't among the apps that will run natively on Intel-based Macs — and it won't be until the latter half of 2007, according to media reports. But when it does ship, Office will apparently be missing a feature so vital to cross-platform compatibility that I believe it will be the beginning of the end for the Mac version of the productivity suite...'"

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  1. MS Flexes! by adaminnj · · Score: 0, Redundant

    MS flexes it's all powerfull VBA code by holding out on Mac, I guess they don't like the commercial about running office.

    Call to arms!
    let's change the standard to something Open and not controlled by one company. (Evil or Not)

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