Comments on: The worm in the apple http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/worm-in-apple.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=worm-in-apple Thinking the unthinkable, pondering the imponderable, effing the ineffable and scruting the inscrutable Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:20:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Schwieb http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/worm-in-apple.html#comment-204 Schwieb Mon, 11 Dec 2006 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/the-worm-in-the-apple.html#comment-204 Mac Office and Win Office use completely separate source code trees. The trees split apart about 10 years ago when the MacBU was formed (they were built out of the same tree for Word 6/Excel 5, and during part of the Office 97 cycle.)<br /><br />That's why Mac Office and Win Office development does not happen directly in parallel. Mac Office and Win Office use completely separate source code trees. The trees split apart about 10 years ago when the MacBU was formed (they were built out of the same tree for Word 6/Excel 5, and during part of the Office 97 cycle.)

That’s why Mac Office and Win Office development does not happen directly in parallel.

]]> By: Rob http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/worm-in-apple.html#comment-196 Rob Wed, 06 Dec 2006 15:53:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/the-worm-in-the-apple.html#comment-196 Thanks for that info. Microsoft's Mac Business Unit blog is echoing my earlier recommendation that it is better to change Office 2007 settings so it saves in the binary formats by default until all the conversion work is developed, tested and available: <br /><br />"For now, we recommend that Mac users advise their friends and colleagues using Office 2007 to save their documents as a “Word/Excel/PowerPoint 97-2003 Document” (.doc, .xls, .ppt) to ensure the documents can be shared across platforms."<br /><br />I'm curious, not being a Mac person -- is Office on the Mac based on the same source code as the Windows Office? Or are these different code bases? It is odd that there is such a delay before the Mac convertors are available, considering that the Windows ones have been available for some time now. Thanks for that info. Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit blog is echoing my earlier recommendation that it is better to change Office 2007 settings so it saves in the binary formats by default until all the conversion work is developed, tested and available:

“For now, we recommend that Mac users advise their friends and colleagues using Office 2007 to save their documents as a “Word/Excel/PowerPoint 97-2003 Document” (.doc, .xls, .ppt) to ensure the documents can be shared across platforms.”

I’m curious, not being a Mac person — is Office on the Mac based on the same source code as the Windows Office? Or are these different code bases? It is odd that there is such a delay before the Mac convertors are available, considering that the Windows ones have been available for some time now.

]]> By: davidacoder http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/worm-in-apple.html#comment-195 davidacoder Wed, 06 Dec 2006 07:57:00 +0000 http://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/12/the-worm-in-the-apple.html#comment-195 MS has now anounced the timing for the converts for the Mac <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/macmojo/archive/2006/12/05/converters-coming-free-and-fairly-fast.aspx" rel="nofollow">here</a>. They will come, they will be free, but I find that they will come way too late. On the other hand, in the real world it probably doesn't matter much, given how slowely migrations to new versions normally happen MS has now anounced the timing for the converts for the Mac here. They will come, they will be free, but I find that they will come way too late. On the other hand, in the real world it probably doesn’t matter much, given how slowely migrations to new versions normally happen

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