It will be a bigger problem if apple doesn't begin developing this software because microsoft shows a tendancy to no longer want to develop for macs. Office for mac probably won't be around much longer, with obvious negative ramifications for most mac users. IE is the first example of this tendacy away from mac development, and there is also the recent purchase of Virtual PC by MS. I also have doubts as to whether Apple will be able to, essentially, duplicate the features of office, but I don't see an attempt at this as Apple marginalizing itself, but more as a pre-emptive strike in the spirit of Safari; provide a replacement that mac users will cozy up to before their preferred application is axed. That's my theory, anyway.
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It will be a bigger problem if apple doesn't begin developing this software because microsoft shows a tendancy to no longer want to develop for macs. Office for mac probably won't be around much longer, with obvious negative ramifications for most mac users. IE is the first example of this tendacy away from mac development, and there is also the recent purchase of Virtual PC by MS. I also have doubts as to whether Apple will be able to, essentially, duplicate the features of office, but I don't see an attempt at this as Apple marginalizing itself, but more as a pre-emptive strike in the spirit of Safari; provide a replacement that mac users will cozy up to before their preferred application is axed. That's my theory, anyway.