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Originally Posted by efjay
So once again MS focuses on its biggest competitor's platform while continuing to ignore its own? MS once again have confirmed that they DO NOT care one iota about Windows Mobile but are now apparently eager to hop on the iphone $$$ gravy train.
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I wouldn't go as far as saying that. Microsoft's Apple development team, the same team that brings the Microsoft Office suite to the Apple platform, and the Windows Mobile team are completely separate teams. Like most incredibly large companies such as Microsoft, I doubt these two teams are sitting around and discussing this recent development. Actually if I'm not mistaken, I doubt these two teams are even in the same state. Isn't the Microsoft Apple development crew located down in California somewhere by Apple's campus?
As much as it pains me to say this - this is a smart move for Microsoft. They happen to be the largest developer on the Apple platform besides Apple themselves. For that team to just ignore the opportunity, and the irony, or releasing some almost guaranteed high profile money making technologies such as this would just be hurtful to Microsoft's pockets.
This isn't to say I'm not incredibly annoyed though. I mean how long did it take to get Office Mobile on our the Smartphone/Standard platform
