Microsoft, in its attempt to hold off Google Apps, is issuing an update to its Office 2008 Macintosh productivity software which has new features for connecting to SharePoint servers and to Microsoft's Office Live Workspaces. The update, which should be ready at 7PM Eastern US time (download link), also should have the requisite speed, stability and compatibility improvements as well.
Microsoft's senior product manager Mike Tedesco said in a statement:
"With SP2 we are not only delivering on top customer requests midcycle, but also taking a first step in bringing Microsoft software plus services to Mac users. This connection unlocks the door for Mac users to Microsoft services for easier collaboration and file sharing with colleagues, customers and classmates."
Interestingly, Microsoft's Office Live site is also expanding its Mac browser support to include Safari 4, in addition to Firefox (which obviously had to happen before Mac usage was possible). We hadn't checked before if it worked with Mac, because...you know...it's Microsoft.
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Yay for more vomit-certified
Yay for more vomit-certified Microsoft software !
I beg to differ... CHAPEAU
I beg to differ... CHAPEAU BAS for MS Office products!
Surely you haven't seen the
Surely you haven't seen the IE8 ad ?? "High quality" stuff !
actually I did... but I
actually I did... but I wasn't talking about microsoft's quality of ads (they suck like vista and their IE), i was talking about MS Office bundle (except for messenger which sucks big time)
Haha you picked up specific
Haha you picked up specific stuff and called them good ! "This, this, this sucks but the rest is ok". A car cannot run with a flat tyre my friend. :-)
tyres
He was talking about Office and its merits, not about anything else the company produces.
I can write a paper and make a presentation just fine without touching MSN ("the flat" according to the prior post)
"Speed" improvements?
Does that mean they've fixed it so that it doesn't run like ass if your machine has more than a dozen fonts?
I'm so sick of the dumb-nut message when Word launches telling me that it's "optimising" font menu performance...
Does it play well with Spaces
Does it play well with Spaces now?
Yay!
Microsoft Office 2008 is, by far, the least reliable software I use on my Mac. Yes, it is a large and sophisticated package. Yes, it dumps more frequently than imaginable.
It is amazing to me that hobbyist community, with no dedicated QA staff, can put together a more reliable office software package than Microsoft!
Hopefully, SP2 will make Office a much more reliable package. I hate using office, having to do a "Save" very frequently in order to protect my work. (Sadly, Office's auto-save doesn't always save the day after an Office crash).
Yay!
Microsoft Office 2008 is, by far, the least reliable software I use on my Mac. Yes, it is a large and sophisticated package. Yes, it dumps more frequently than imaginable.
It is amazing to me that hobbyist community, with no dedicated QA staff, can put together a more reliable office software package than Microsoft!
Hopefully, SP2 will make Office a much more reliable package. I hate using office, having to do a "Save" very frequently in order to protect my work. (Sadly, Office's auto-save doesn't always save the day after an Office crash).
WTF! a store to sell only
WTF! a store to sell only software? Or, worst, to sell computer from others companies...
I really don't understand. Apple make Software to SELL hardware and store make a lot of sense. In the case of MS I raelly don't know what they whant to do? Another retail chain for sell PCs???
The idea of coping avery apple does can be very very dangerous for MS.
Apple and MS are not similar companies, are very different.