I am very glad to hear that MS has not ditched Entourage in Office 10 for
MacOS X! I sure hope the central address book concept is being used.
Already, I have seen third-party software using the MacOS X address book for
faxing. I guess I don't care whether Mail.app is extended by Entourage or
replaced, as long as MacOS X will allow as long as MacOS X will allow
specifying the e-Mail client at the system level, so all apps can hook to
the user-specified eMail app. The same would be true of the Address Book:
if MS can provide one much better than the MacOS X provided one, and if
there is a way that all apps can use an API to determine where the central
address book is (rather than hard-coding a link to the Apple address book),
then go for it!
On 7/29/01 22:42, "Dan Crevier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 7/29/01 3:03 PM, "Alan R. Houtzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> Microsoft seems to be uncertain about whether to bring Entourage to MacOS
>> X. When we hear from MS on the new Office 10 for MacOS X, Entourage is not
>> mentioned. I've seen MacOS X Mail and Address Book. These two do NOT
>> replace Entourage. If MS is trying to integrate with MacOS X's included
>> facilities, that is a great direction to take, but please use the 'Embrace
>> and *Extend*' philosophy! Push Apple to let you extend the address book and
>> Mail (I want the 'Redirect' function, among other things!!!), so we don't
>> lose the recently-introduced integration that Entourage gives Office. This
>> is a great product, with some warts like any software, but definitely worth
>> keeping.
>
> Have no fear, Entourage is being brought to OS X, along with the rest of
> Office. Stay tuned for more announcements. There's some cool stuff coming!
>
> Dan
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