Re:Another View (Score 1)

"The Microsoft Applications Company drops all support for the Macintosh. They view it as a fringe platform that can't generate enough revenue to justify continued support of Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Office." They can't drop Mac support until the 5 year deal runs out [late 2002, I think], and I still doubt they would, 10% of the market is still alot of $. I think linux support would have to happen eventually too - just to keep office everywhere. "They needed to be able to point to the Macintosh as proof that Microsoft did not have a monopoly on desktop computer operating systems." Actually, IE on Mac proves it isn't part of the OS and blows one of their defenses. - It was also another Netscape-kill move. The shareholders would also demand PalmOS support [80% market share] and that would kill off WinCE/PocketPC for good ;) - even though only a handfull of Palm owners [comparatively] would buy MS apps since they would be so late to market - could be a nice scenario!