MSN Messenger 5.0 for Mac Announced
Microsoft Corp.'s Macintosh Business Unit has announced several updates to products at Macworld Conference & Expo on Tuesday including its plans for the upcoming release of Mac OS X Tiger. Microsoft executives also said that Office 2004 and Virtual PC sales have been going very well for the company.
"We've sold more copies of Office 2004 in three months of availability than we did in the first six months of Office v. X," Microsoft's Scott Erickson, told MacCentral. "Virtual PC hasn't been out as long, but early signs look very good." Erickson said that Microsoft has been working closely with Apple to ensure compatibility with technologies that will be released in the next version of the operating system, expected sometime in the first half of 2005. Of particular note is Spotlight, Apple's advanced search technology.
Spotlight will index and search Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents, but unfortunately it will not work with Microsoft's email and information manager, Entourage.
