Microsoft to put Outlook on Macs
MICROSOFT'S MACINTOSH business unit MacBU has announced that its next Mac version of Office will feature Outlook.
The Outlook for Mac email client will replace the existing Entourage option, which will continue to be supported with a free online version, the firm said, and will offer performance and reliability improvements. Meanwhile Outlook for Mac will feature Cocoa for integration with Mac OSX, as well as a new file-based database, increased support for Apple's Time Machine, and 'better' information rights digital restrictions management.
"It is an exciting time for the MacBU with updates to our current products and the first public announcement about the next version of Office for Mac. For several years we have focused on providing the best Microsoft Exchange client for the Mac, and the Web Services Edition delivers that today for Entourage users," said Eric Wilfrid, the Vole's MacBU general manager.
"Outlook for Mac will bring features our customers have long requested - such as Information Rights Management - that make working across platforms even easier. I think people will see that this move to Outlook for Mac is more than just a name change," Wilfrid predicted.
We think Mac users might agree, especially if Lookout for the Mac brings along with it all the email enabled malware friendly features that Windows users have come to know and loathe over the years.
The just introduced Office 2008 for Mac Business Edition will launch in mid-September for about $400. Version upgrades will come in at just under $240. Microsoft said that it would come with many new features, including more clipart.
We can hardly wait. µ
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"Outlook for Mac will bring features our customers have long requested - such as Information Rights Management"
Uh huh. Because if there's something the masses just can't get enough of it's DRM.
What M$ really needs to release is an application that doesn't let the end user do a damn thing with their computer. An end user the can actually get the computer to perform some desired task might just use that ability for piracy!
Funny how introducing an Outlook for Mac, just as Snow Leopard launches with the Apple Mail and iCal client boasting proper Exchange 2007 support.
They give Mac's a crippled Entourage, what was the point of it other than create problems in the corporate environment. Mac users have been asking for Outlook for OSX for years. Why release it now if not the mess with Apple's release.
Hmmm, MacOS and Linux are not toooo far apart. Much closer than Windows and Symbian anyways.
Wonder when a Linux version is due.
Microsoft needs it to complete its Cloud Computing scheme.
Lets see whether they have the heart to actually do it ...
Then they would rule the (computing) universe. Again.
Sorry to inform you, but Apple Mail and iCal don't have 100% support for ALL of the features in Outlook and Exchange.
To say so is like saying Open Office is 100% compatible with MS Office and is richer in features.
I for one won't be rolling it out to ghey fan boi's in the workplace. They can stick to using what works for everyone and can stop pretending to be special like they have a disability.
Why havn't Apple produced an Office suite yet? and why havn't they made an Exchange killer yet? I thought it would be easy for holy Apple in there software workshop in heaven that produces superior cuting edge originaly designed software.
Now rich Mac users can have a better selection of little smiley-faces with which to transmit/receive email viruses! Such "features" must be well worth the paltry $400 ;-)
Or, instead of the cost of: (macusers * $400) + (winusers * newwin7pc * $400), perhaps smart IT-types looking to help their companies survive (and perhaps get a raise in the process) will have a look at the savings related to transitioning to open-source solutions? No Exchange, no "100% exchange support" necessary, less virus/malware monitoring costs, lower hardware costs...and open source email/calendaring solutions such as Evolution (free) or Zimbra (free, or low support subscription) seem to work just fine.
I think the days when "no one ever got fired for buying Microsoft products" have past.
Anything from Microbloat will not come near my Mac. I trust MS about as much as I trust DC, none.
OS X mail works just fine and Open Office does too.
XP will stay on my gaming rig for gaming and that is it. One day I may get a OEM edition of 7 and dual boot it on my gaming rig when the newer games require it but not sooner.
I'm curious if a single person here (including the author) know what Information Rights Management actually is.
"Uh huh. Because if there's something the masses just can't get enough of it's DRM.
What M$ [sic] really needs to release is an application that doesn't let the end user do a damn thing with their computer. An end user the [sic] can actually get the computer to perform some desired task might just use that ability for piracy!"
Well, with comments like that, the answer seems a pretty safe NO.
Gee....who owns 30% of Apple?
Billy? No kidding! LOL