Knowing MS they'll make it heavily reliant on ActiveX. That would be a shame. Otherwise it would be a great way to mave feature parity between the Mac and PC versions of Office, including Outlook/Entourage.
I have a feeling that the MBU team at MS will be working very hard to bring Office (and VPC) to a level that can work on Mactels. If they can get that working there is no real need to enhancements to Office - that's a big enough task.
Knowing MS they'll make it heavily reliant on ActiveX. That would be a shame. Otherwise it would be a great way to mave feature parity between the Mac and PC versions of Office, including Outlook/Entourage.
Oh well, we can dream.
Well, there is nothing wrong with ActiveX; ActiveX is merely a subset of COM, which is what Microsoft has been using for years on Mac, along with OLE.
ActiveX sucks because of crap implementation in the past, not necessarily the technology itself.
Either that, or buy out 4th Dimension, which is a bloody nice database.
No, we don't want Microsoft getting its grubby paws on 4th Dimension. How long do you think it would remain a "bloody nice database" in the clutches of the Redmond Monopoly?
I want Access because I'll probably have to use it someday. Which sucks but that is life. And Money would be nice I s'pose. Add those to the Premium pack with VPC perhaps. All that, spiff up the other apps just a little bit, and make it Universal Binary, it'd be sweet.
No, we don't want Microsoft getting its grubby paws on 4th Dimension. How long do you think it would remain a "bloody nice database" in the clutches of the Redmond Monopoly?
Well, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is pretty damn good IMHO when compared to the Windows counterpart - with the latest update, it is alot more stable and reliable as well.
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Knowing MS they'll make it heavily reliant on ActiveX. That would be a shame. Otherwise it would be a great way to mave feature parity between the Mac and PC versions of Office, including Outlook/Entourage.
Oh well, we can dream.
Originally posted by Outsider
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Knowing MS they'll make it heavily reliant on ActiveX. That would be a shame. Otherwise it would be a great way to mave feature parity between the Mac and PC versions of Office, including Outlook/Entourage.
Oh well, we can dream.
Well, there is nothing wrong with ActiveX; ActiveX is merely a subset of COM, which is what Microsoft has been using for years on Mac, along with OLE.
ActiveX sucks because of crap implementation in the past, not necessarily the technology itself.
Originally posted by Aquatic
And/or Access. Because...dumbasses use it. Lots of dumbasses. In business. And even higher ed.
Either that, or buy out 4th Dimension, which is a bloody nice database.
Originally posted by kaiwai
Either that, or buy out 4th Dimension, which is a bloody nice database.
No, we don't want Microsoft getting its grubby paws on 4th Dimension. How long do you think it would remain a "bloody nice database" in the clutches of the Redmond Monopoly?
Originally posted by Mr. Me
No, we don't want Microsoft getting its grubby paws on 4th Dimension. How long do you think it would remain a "bloody nice database" in the clutches of the Redmond Monopoly?
Well, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac is pretty damn good IMHO when compared to the Windows counterpart - with the latest update, it is alot more stable and reliable as well.