I think at the time (1997) MS Office for the Mac was unprofitable, and probably was the major motivation for possibly discontinuing support for Office on the Mac. I think it was mostly because of the low market share of Macs back then. But I think over time after the development of Office X and MacOSX it has become more profitable because it had features that the MS version of Office didn't have.
However, MS may decide to kill MS Office on the Mac for the same reason they killed IE on the Mac: Apple's development of a competing product, i.e., iWork.
I guess Intel learned its lesson from its Intergraph experience. Here was a company that was brought back in business via its win against Intel in a IP suit:
http://library.findlaw.com/2003/May/13/132730.html
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I think at the time (1997) MS Office for the Mac was unprofitable, and probably was the major motivation for possibly discontinuing support for Office on the Mac. I think it was mostly because of the low market share of Macs back then. But I think over time after the development of Office X and MacOSX it has become more profitable because it had features that the MS version of Office didn't have. However, MS may decide to kill MS Office on the Mac for the same reason they killed IE on the Mac: Apple's development of a competing product, i.e., iWork.
I guess Intel learned its lesson from its Intergraph experience. Here was a company that was brought back in business via its win against Intel in a IP suit: http://library.findlaw.com/2003/May/13/132730.html