Talk:Macintosh Business Unit

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Hi Alistair,

I saw you reverted my edits. I'm not too bothered other than to say the information I put is not speculation. The MacBU has ceased development on Internet Explorer and has cited Apple's development of Safari as the reason.

--Neil.

No one disputes that IE Mac development has ceased (a fact which is already covered adequately in Internet Explorer for Mac).

However saying that IE Mac development ended because of Safari is incredibly dubious. You are aware of the five year agreement between Apple and Microsoft that ran from 1997 to 2001. Is it just coincidence that after releasing new versions every year since 1996, they last released a significant update (one that didn't consist solely of bug fixes and minor updates to support OS features) in May 2000? AlistairMcMillan 22:49, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Also I'm sure it is also just coincidental that by the time we would have expected a new release of IE Mac, the United States v. Microsoft case appeared to almost be over with a settlement agreement in sight (although it did drag on for years). AlistairMcMillan 22:56, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Would not Adobe/Macromedia devote more resources to the Apple software?

[edit] Better title suggestion

I suggest we move this article to "Microsoft Macintosh Business Unit", in order to be more descriptive and clear what it's all about. Anybody disagree? Peter S. 22:48, 5 November 2006 (UTC)