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Is it a legal commitment or simply a promise?
Any contract that Microsoft got into with Apple -- should such a legal commitment exist, would have clauses for escape. There's no way Microsoft signed any sort of agreement that didn't include some way for them to get out of it, be it some sort of financial penalty or whatever.

And as to your ZDNet comparison -- I don't have that sort of contract, ZDNet can terminate their relationship with me anytime they want. That's the nature of the publishing business. If my blog performs poorly or if ZDNet performs poorly I can be thrown out just like anyone else.
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You are ignoring the legal ramifications...  Mike Cox | 02/01/09
Somebody steal Mike Cox's ZDNet identity?  j.m.galvin | 02/01/09
It is the real Mike Cox  John L. Ries | 02/02/09
This isn't Mike Cox...OK, *Who* are you?  no_zd_user_name | 02/01/09
I have an idea...  MGP2 | 02/01/09
Actually  Kid Icarus-21097050858087920245213802267493 | 02/01/09
re: Actually  Badgered | 02/02/09
Even still ...  HouseOfZen | 02/02/09
Sounds plausible. And in that case, the commentary is no surprise.  Cayble | 02/02/09
Absolutely right  John L. Ries | 02/02/09
Mike, has M$ axed your position?  Linux Geek | 02/02/09
gobble-de-goop  stone-cutter | 02/02/09
That should read "...been convicted of...  PollyProteus | 02/03/09
Please...  His_Shadow | 02/04/09
Wait a minute Jason  GuidingLight | 02/01/09
Is it a legal commitment or simply a promise?  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 02/01/09
It was just an analogy  GuidingLight | 02/01/09
Another option is...  914four | 02/03/09
Legal implications  merlin747 | 02/01/09
Vision  Chad Strunk | 02/01/09
Short Sighted  Rob Oakes | 02/01/09
re: Vision  rtk | 02/03/09
RE: Why Microsoft  shellcodes_coder | 02/01/09
Two points...  MGP2 | 02/01/09
Good points  Fred Fredrickson | 02/01/09
Exactly happy  eldernorm | 02/11/09
Exactly...  Sleeper Service | 02/02/09
You hit the two nails. Right on the head.  Cayble | 02/02/09
Their own product?  Eleutherios | 02/02/09
Yea they do.  Bruizer | 02/02/09
Excel is a toy, too  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
Are ya sure you're using Office 2008 for Mac?  rtk | 02/03/09
NeoOffice  SaltySkipper | 02/03/09
Only for personal work.  Bruizer | 02/08/09
The MS Web  P. Douglas | 02/01/09
Interesting idea but very bad strategy  Rob Oakes | 02/01/09
I don't think so  P. Douglas | 02/01/09
They tried that  John L. Ries | 02/02/09
Create new web, not extend old one  P. Douglas | 02/02/09
Isn't that what MSN was intended to be?  John L. Ries | 02/02/09
Things should work out fine if MS creates its own web  P. Douglas | 02/02/09
Video and audio in Office...  arminw | 02/02/09
Well they have mastered Viruses/Spyware  Christian_<>< | 02/01/09
Sure they could...  MGP2 | 02/01/09
Just like Windows  Christian_<>< | 02/01/09
Yep...some lost cause  MGP2 | 02/01/09
Re: get your numbers right...  Christian_<>< | 02/01/09
So, where's your argument?  MGP2 | 02/01/09
The argument is right now...  Christian_<>< | 02/01/09
Yeah, no ROI alright...  MGP2 | 02/01/09
@MPG2: Why are you feeding the troll?  Wolfie2K3 | 02/01/09
Question...  ShadowGIATL | 02/01/09
Why feed the troll, Wolfie2K3?  GuidingLight | 02/02/09
Funny  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
You are so right because...  Cayble | 02/02/09
Not quite  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
Definitely not  johnfenjackson@... | 02/01/09
Anti-trusts  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 02/02/09
Really?  George Mitchell | 02/03/09
Could MS afford to dump Office for Mac?  Mac Hosehead | 02/01/09
Flawed Logic  Rob Oakes | 02/01/09
strange blog  martin23 | 02/01/09
Genie is already out of the bottle  Alan Smithie | 02/01/09
Well that would be true...  Sleeper Service | 02/02/09
What women want...  pwatson | 02/02/09
That it may be...  Sleeper Service | 02/02/09
That's laughable  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
This makes me laugh.  bjbrock | 02/02/09
Apple is just an electronic company.  cccjw | 02/02/09
MS was a hair's breath away from being broken up...  doctorSpoc | 02/02/09
It would have been better for MS if it had  John L. Ries | 02/02/09
Go for it. happy  eldernorm | 02/11/09
Valentines Day Massacre  startx.jeff | 02/02/09
The killer instinct is half the problem  John L. Ries | 02/02/09
fear  elllroy | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  3monkies | 02/02/09
Why this is a really bad idea  amywohl | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  pico_D | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  Synthmeister | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  tyelmene | 02/02/09
No they won't...  Sleeper Service | 02/02/09
You don't know how to calc a percentage  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
RE: Why Microsoft  super_J | 02/02/09
Market Share.  joe.smetona@... | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  cesar.bremer@... | 02/02/09
I voted yes  Ole Man | 02/02/09
Being destructive doesn't really pay.  peter_erskine@... | 02/02/09
those 200 plus employees ...  Too Old For IT | 02/02/09
MS should have dropped ALL association  mustangj36@... | 02/02/09
YEAH, baby!  vikingnyc@... | 02/02/09
Since Apple doesn't seem to have anyone  mustangj36@... | 02/02/09
Don't worry...  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
Never going to happen  mustangj36@... | 02/03/09
RE: Why Microsoft  netzd | 02/02/09
Idiot  jimboutilier@... | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  Rick56 | 02/02/09
There can be only one! BULL!!!  Narg | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  Calson | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  Charles Norrie | 02/02/09
This post is a trojan horse for Open Office  payton@... | 02/02/09
Microsoft needs Office on the Mac  pointzerotwo@... | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  GemStone | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  wanderson | 02/02/09
RE: Why Microsoft  Atari800 | 02/02/09
Ha! Good one!  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
check the market caps  rtk | 02/03/09
RE: Why Microsoft  TomMariner | 02/02/09
"Killer Instinct"  macpipkin | 02/02/09
They are  bklooste | 02/02/09
.NOT  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
RE: Why Microsoft  ramnet@... | 02/02/09
Good response...  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
This would backfire.  dkawalec | 02/02/09
shortsighted thinking  rmanbike | 02/02/09
Google Docs beats OpenOffice  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
No company shuts down profitable lines  stephen.montano@... | 02/02/09
Sounds like MS fan-boys are running scared.  Bruizer | 02/02/09
You will NEVER figure me out  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 02/02/09
I have you figured out...  Confused by religion | 02/02/09
Dammit!  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 02/03/09
the only problem is that if they listened to Perlow...  doctorSpoc | 02/03/09
I agree  comp_indiana | 02/03/09
Microsoft?s Killer Instinct - ROTFLMAO!!!  i8thecat | 02/03/09
Microsoft is a Mammoth in the Tar Pits...  bbneo | 02/03/09
I do hope MS stops supporting Entourage  SaltySkipper | 02/03/09
RE: Why Microsoft  bigbinks-22758646162213519565686570707102 | 02/04/09
RE: Why Microsoft  mel@... | 02/05/09
Stupid  Graham Ellison | 02/05/09
Microsoft can't kill off the Mac Business Unit ...  mwagner@... | 02/05/09
Right. When the Killer Instinct was on  GuidingLight | 02/06/09
As I said  jperlow ZDNet Moderator | 02/07/09
RE: Why Microsoft  PurplePeoplEater | 02/07/09

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