>MS would like nothing more than for everyone to believe that the >existance of the Mac is directly tied to the existance of MS Office for >the Mac... and that is just simply not true. The MS Free Mac is a >growing trend, and with good viable, CHEAP alternatives to MS Office in >OS X, that trend may also continue. ThinkFree Office reads and writes MS >Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files (in fact uses those formats as the >default) and retails for $50. And I think everyone on this list will >agree that Entourage has serious contenders out there, also cheaper and >better. > >And don't forget all the Mac sales going to Unix converts... people that >have no preexisting loyalties to MS Office (but do have loyalties to >similar non MS products available for *nix, and are either already >available for OS X, or are rapidly becoming available) > >MS Office has already become an irrelivant factor to the Mac's well >being, and their irrelivance is growing every month as Office X lays >stagnant and over priced and other cheaper, better contenders appear. > >-chris ><http://www.mythtech.net>
Exceptionally well said, Chris ----- as always. ---Jay ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
