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Every Time?
---The worries about whether Office for Mac will continue to
exist reach the newspapers every time the contract comes up for
renewal---

The contract expired in 2002, and while there was much wailing
and gnashing of the teeth at the time, there has been no
contract signed since then, so nothing to "reach the newspapers"
for several years now.

I disagree, for several reasons, best stated in this article:
http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/21256.html
Does Microsoft Still Need Apple?

Chaffin added that even though a new agreement between the
two companies is improbable, Microsoft still has incentive to
continue developing Office for Mac OS.

The Redmond, Washington-based software giant "makes a lot of
money on the product, and it is one of the few things they can
sell to non-Windows-using Mac users," he said. "For a company
seeking to perpetually increase revenues and profits, cutting off
a revenue stream ... that Office offers just doesn't make sense,
unless it is done in retribution. The same goes for Virtual PC for
Mac and Microsoft's other Mac offerings."

Gartner analyst Silver noted that in addition to the profit
incentive, Microsoft still wants to avoid doing things that appear
to stifle competition. Its continued support of Office for
Macintosh is a means to help deflect future accusations of this
nature.
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Too little too late...  Qbt | 07/26/05
Nice try troll  TWRX | 07/26/05
#4 computer Company in the world  ITGuy04 | 07/26/05
Apple may be #4 in the US but they are not even ...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Uh, No.  ITGuy04 | 07/26/05
Nowhere in the article you reference is...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Better article  tic swayback | 07/26/05
So then you agree that Apples worldwide share...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Patterns  tic swayback | 07/26/05
I thought we were talking market share numbers!  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Just in from the Mac Observer  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Fuzzy math  tic swayback | 07/26/05
But they sell their own unique product.  GoPower | 07/26/05
Shade you are usually better than this  mlindl | 07/26/05
Well...  Qbt | 07/26/05
Why combine independent companies?  tic swayback | 07/26/05
That argument would hold water  Real World | 07/26/05
I think that only enhances Apple's standings  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Market share - who cares?  Ken_z | 07/26/05
That's about a dumb statement...  BitTwiddler | 07/26/05
That's just pathetic...  BitTwiddler | 07/26/05
Who cares...  TheCrow_z | 07/26/05
put me down as one who cares...  Arm A. Geddon | 07/26/05
It would seem YOU!! heh heh heh  Laff | 07/26/05
Bad news for Microsoft  nucrash | 07/26/05
Bad news not for just Microsoft  Loverock Davidson | 07/26/05
Yeah, right  Delmont | 07/26/05
If only MS were smarter investors  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Credit where credit is do!  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
No, I meant Apple  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Getting the history straight!  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Oh please  tic swayback | 07/26/05
The Cult of the Mac is nothing if ...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
Facts and citations please  tic swayback | 07/26/05
tic, don't let facts and history get in the way  MacCanuck | 07/27/05
Please check your facts  Rick_K | 07/27/05
Will this link do aor would you like ...  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
RE: Joseph Scozzaro  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Au contraire mon merde?  MacCanuck | 07/29/05
Oh, paleasssse....  BitTwiddler | 07/26/05
Office for Mac  Anton Philidor | 07/26/05
That and MS does not want or need Apple who is a  Laff | 07/26/05
Every Time?  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Only zombies could believe that Bill Gates can invest money in competitors  Vily Clay | 07/26/05
Brains....brains....brains.....drool  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Tic, one time is enough to mention a thing you do not have ? brains  Vily Clay | 07/26/05
Made you look!  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Tic, you could of said it shorter ? that you are a zombie-loser. (NT)  Vily Clay | 07/26/05
You mean a zombie loser with a secret admirer (nt)  tic swayback | 07/26/05
Oh, Tic, now you got sick with Grand Delusion. I?m very sorry. (NT)  Vily Clay | 07/27/05
that is only going to exacerbate the problem...  JoeMama_z | 07/26/05
Forgive Us  Harry Bardal | 07/26/05
No, Zdnet is telling me to buy a Sony VAIO  Boot_Agnostic | 07/26/05
Beat the rush!  TrackStar1682 | 07/26/05
No need.  Outside T. Box | 07/27/05
Good Deal!  sp29 | 07/26/05
Trolls X-ing!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 07/26/05
What will they do next year?  tic swayback | 07/26/05
How will the Apple zealots ...  ShadeTree | 07/26/05
How will the Xbox/Playstation zealots...  tic swayback | 07/26/05
The PPC architecture is great for games....  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Al Gore Invented Intel  Harry Bardal | 07/26/05
Actually I work for one of the...  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Inferior Product?  Outside T. Box | 07/27/05
Thinkpad was a fine choice  FilledOut | 07/27/05
Thinkpad? THink again!  Rod Hagen | 07/27/05
Marketshare reports are misleading!  rottweilerus | 07/27/05
Apple does not only sell to consumers..  woot! | 07/27/05
It is your post that is misleading!  ShadeTree | 07/27/05
Marketshare is for marketing.  Outside T. Box | 07/27/05

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