On Mon, 19 May 2008 23:07:52 -0700, Alan Baker wrote
(in article
<alangbaker-715C7A.23075119052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> In article
> <3a024183-96b3-4a1a-b80b-ae99ea907c0f@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Glorb <Glorb@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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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.
>>
> <snip>
>
>> 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...
>
>
Now, if only they'd ****t Visio....
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