http://mymacinations.com/2008/05/14/hoodwinked-by-microsoft-again/ Yet another mac user's blog Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:46:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://mymacinations.com/2008/05/14/hoodwinked-by-microsoft-again/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Boulder1259 Thu, 15 May 2008 02:33:58 +0000 http://mymacinations.com/?p=35#comment-297 1. Yes 2. It's all about the almighty dollar (i.e., to protect their market) 3. No, your article is spot on 4. MS will follow the money. If they think they can make more by crippling the Mac version so as to keep people on Windows, they will. If they think they can make more by offering parity, they will. You say there is competition; however, at the level they are playing, there is none. Large corporations are a very conservative lot; you're not going to see them moving away from Office anytime soon unless something major happens (e.g., Office security problems cause a few high profile companies to lose millions). 1. Yes
2. It’s all about the almighty dollar (i.e., to protect their market)
3. No, your article is spot on
4. MS will follow the money. If they think they can make more by crippling the Mac version so as to keep people on Windows, they will. If they think they can make more by offering parity, they will. You say there is competition; however, at the level they are playing, there is none. Large corporations are a very conservative lot; you’re not going to see them moving away from Office anytime soon unless something major happens (e.g., Office security problems cause a few high profile companies to lose millions).

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