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Apple Sends Mixed Message

March 27th 2008 11:15
Someone actually read the Firefox EULA, wow, and found draconian terms and conditions (who would have thought?).

In using Apple Software Update to slip his Safari browser onto millions of Windows PCs, Steve Jobs didn't just undermine "the security of the whole Web". He's made a mockery of end user licensing agreements.

As spotted by our Italian friends at setteB.IT, Apple's Safari license says that users are permitted to install the browser on no more than "a single Apple-labeled computer at a time." This means that if you install Safari for Windows on a Windows PC, you're violating the license.


Apple forbids Windows users from installing Safari for Windows
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Apples latest iWork 08 suite supports loading and writing to Microsofts own standard OOXML formats. Big deal? No, not really, you have to support a format that has a good chance of becoming an industry standard. This format is already supported in Microsoft Office 2007.

So why is it embarrasing for Microsoft? Because MS Office for OS X does not support OOXML. Big deal? You might think so, except for the fact the last Mac Office from Microsoft was released in 2004 and the next one isn't due until 2008.

I don't understand why Analysts make up crap the way they do, I guess it's for the attention. Most fanboys love to bash MS every chance they get, even when completely unjustified and false.


No it isn't embarrasing, it's just normal for Microsoft to not care about updating their Office suite for OS X when it sells well even though it's three years old.
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