[Am-info] New Apple store near Beantown

[Paul Rickard]

========== On 2001.12.17 01:46 PM, Eric Bennett typed: ============

>>If Microsoft pulled Office, we would quickly see AppleWorks
>> become more comprehensive (I think Apple left a lot out there to keep it
>> from competing head on with Office) and probably see a Mac version of
>> StarOffice or even WordPerfect-sans-Microsoft.
>
>That leaves the problem of having to exchange documents with the vast
>majority of people who use Office.  As many people have discovered,
>translations by other programs are usually inadequate, especially if you
>have to modify the document and return it to the sender.

    At the current time AppleWorks can smoothly convert .XLS and .DOC 
into its own format with some included 3rd party tools. The format 
translation is improving, but Microsoft will probably pull the rug out 
from under us again once it gets good enough. Office:Mac will still be 
available through some method even if Microsoft stops selling it 
though... Claris Emailer is still available and Apple killed it off more 
than three years ago, so I'm sure Office would be the same way. #macfilez 
on dalnet IRC.. *ahem* Perhaps not the best way to do things, but the 
platform will survive.



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