Whenever I get a word processing document, I don’t have to look at the file extension or icon to know it’s probably in Word, or translated into that ubiquitous format in another application. A spreadsheet? Excel, of course, although things might be a little hazier with a presentation, since Apple’s Keynote does so many good […]

The other day I read a short article at Microsoft’s Mac Mojo blog that revealed that the Mac version of Office contained some 30 million lines of code. And that’s now, while they are still creating the next version of the productivity suite. You can expect that awesome number to grow by leaps and bounds […]

I try to maintain a positive outlook on my work, and do my best to make sure that I publish accurate information. When I review a new product, I want it to be the release version, even if that version has problems. Yes, I cover betas sometimes, clearly labeled as such, with appropriate warnings. In […]

For a product that’s not out yet, the next version of Microsoft Office for the Mac got a little contradictory publicity this week. First, you heard that release had been postponed until the second half of 2007. I suppose, with Microsoft’s well-known issues in getting Windows Vista out the door, you had to expect that […]