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To: Question_Assumptions

There's a great deal more to MS Office for Windows that makes the Mac OS port unsuitable for integration into large companies that use Microsoft's servers and server software.

Apple is developing its own versions of these features, in a manner that in my opinion will eventually result in an Apple brand of office software targeted at providing the feature set of Microsoft's enterprise server software for small and medium sized business.

Many people disagree with me on this, but I personally think this is going to happen much sooner than later.


9 posted on 11/22/2005 12:25:59 AM PST by coconutt2000 (NO MORE PEACE FOR OIL!!! DOWN WITH TYRANTS, TERRORISTS, AND TIMIDCRATS!!!! (3-T's For World Peace))
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To: coconutt2000
I think you make some good points. I think the biggest battle isn't an issue of operating systems but the software that runs on the operating systems. Businesses are far more dependent on MS Office, Access, SQL Server, MS Project, Outlook, and Visual Basic than they are dependent on Windows itself. As viable alternatives to those technolgies become fully available on Macs or Linux, then you'll see those OSes grow much faster.
14 posted on 11/22/2005 9:15:33 AM PST by Question_Assumptions
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