Office v.X announced
from the 1-for-you-2-for-me... dept
I am not one to be excited about the new version of office, but having converted to MacOSX last September, it has been painful to open Classic mode just to see a word file. Microsoft recently announced that they will be shipping their Office for X suite this November. I have tried a beta, and it is very nice, and looks nothing like the old Mac or Windows versions. What I find interesting is that EVERY macosx user will need this software (sure... I know about StarOffice and AppleWorks). So for every copy of OSX that apple sells ($129) Microsoft makes ($250-450). It should really be a big revenue driver for Microsoft.
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