MS Office 2001

[Faragbre343]

Does anyone know if MS Office 2001 is going to be for OS X? I've been seeing a lot of it lately, and it rocks. Just wanted to know if it was.

[Josev Best]

Office 2000 is not optimized for OS X, although it will most likely work in Classic mode (not ideal). Microsoft is planning a Carbonized version for release in the Summer of 2001, and apparently has no plans for a Cocoa (OS X only) version.

[modin]

Has Microsoft committed to a carbonized Office 2001? Let me just say that would mean a lot.

[Justin]

It should be carbonized.... it's as simple as that.... the reason Apple created Carbon was so it would be easy.... I mean, it's just like some 10% of the code.... how difficult is that.... especially for a company the size of MS

[Frost]

I'll ask some people at work. They'll know (trust me).

[macboy73]

It makes absolutely zero sense why Microsoft wouldn't carbonize Office now. It's just the perfect time to do it. Seems strange.

[mattyb77]

I don't know how Microsoft is writing Office 2001, but they're probably carbonizing it now. The modifications may only be 10 percent of the code, but that could mean hundreds of thousands of lines.

[David R]

Yeah, I want to purchase Office 2001 real badly, but I'm not spending my money until it's Carbonized.