Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 2nd Aug 2007 13:12 UTC, submitted by JK
Microsoft says it will be forced to delay Office 2008 for Mac, the next version of its productivity suite for Apple Inc. computers, until early next year. The company had been planning to release the product this year. But a recent development review showed that "the quality just wasn't where we wanted it to be," said Craig Eisler, who became general manager of Microsoft's Mac Business Unit in June.
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RE[3]: Irrelevant to me
by fretinator on Thu 2nd Aug 2007 17:41
in reply to "RE[2]: Irrelevant to me"
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The lack of VBA in Office would not necessarily harm Mac's foray in the corporate world: there are very, very few keep mixed environments to begin with (creative departments using Macs excluded)
I just figured you might at some point want to open documents that were made on a Winders box. My bad!
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Most VBA macros I've encountered wouldn't run on Office 2004 anyway. Even if Macs can run every VBA script just like Windows can wouldn't make Macs especially more popular in the corporate world.
Most corporate settings rarely have mixed systems to begin with. Licensing would be more expensive (I don't know any vendors have have site licensing deals that cover both Windows and Mac versions, Microsoft included). Support would be prohibitive.
And many business software don't have Mac in addition to Windows versions, and many that do (Lotus Notes come to mind) don't mesh well between both platforms, even if Office 2008 does continue VBA support, it would not make the Mac more popular in the corporate setting.
The lack of VBA in Office would not necessarily harm Mac's foray in the corporate world: there are very, very few keep mixed environments to begin with (creative departments using Macs excluded).