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Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On May 13, 4:03 pm, Jim <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?ar...
> > eID=207603284
> >
> > "Microsoft on Tuesday said Office 2008 for the Mac is the hottest
> > selling version of the productivity suite in nearly 20 years.
> >
> > In announcing the soaring sales, the software maker also released
> > Service Pack 1 of Office for the Mac. SP1 in general improves the
> > suite's stability, security, and performance. The company also gave a
> > peek of the product's roadmap by saying it would have Visual Basic for
> > Applications in the next version. "
> >
> > VBA is an implementation of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming
> > language that's built into Office applications. By embedding the VBA
> > integrated development environment into software, Microsoft provides a
> > familiar tool for developers customizing the suite. Microsoft dropped
> > VBA from Office for the Mac after version 2004.
> >
> > Microsoft said sales of Office 2008, which launched in January, are
> > nearly three times what the company saw with the launch of Office
2004.
> > The suite is selling faster than any version in 19 years. "As we set
our
> > course for future versions, we are working closely with customers and
> > will also expand our staff to ensure that Office for Mac remains the
> > most powerful and compatible productivity suite for Mac customers,"
> > Craig Eisler, general manager of Microsoft's Mac business unit, said
in
> > a statement."
> >
> > More if you care to read.
>
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> Mac gain in worldwide market share = 0.8%
Yet Microsoft re****ts information that they're selling more MS Office
for the Mac than they have in two decades and they consider it so
im****tant that they're reversing they're decision not to include VBA...
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