[Ti] [OT] Microsoft to quit web browsers for Mac

[Michael Bigley]

>Microsoft's excuse for discontinuing development was pathetic too. 
>They clamed that "customers request a browser that is better 
>integrated into the OS - something only Apple can provide."

Also, before we start a "gloom and doom for Apple" thread, in the 
same announcement m$ said that the current version of IE for Windows 
is the last stand-alone version they will develop... from now on ALL 
IE development will be for the version integrated into Windows. I 
guess that means that people the use Virtual PC and XP will always be 
able to access the most current IE ;-)

In addition, I still expect Apple and M$ to announce a collaborative 
deal with VPC.  It is a win-win really. As I said in an earlier post, 
the M$ MBU is already profitable and they have some top developers 
(the OSX version of Office was rated better than Office for XP by 
several independent reviewers).  A well integrated VPC on OSX means, 
for Apple, that switchers can still use the XP apps.  For M$, that 
would mean that they would literally get $$$ for every Mac sold as 
well as their existing Windows computers.
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