Office for the Mac

Microsoft will be releasing a new version of Office for the Mac later this year according to an article in MacWorld.  Not surprisingly, the article noted that Microsoft is reacting to issues posed by the popularity of Apple and other mobile devices that do not run a Windows environment.  The introduction of free office apps by Google and others has also hurt Microsoft's sales.  

http://www.macworld.com/article/142266/2009/08/office_2010_outlook.html 

The competition is a good thing.  That said, the Microsoft Office product is hard to beat, but it was priced too high for many customers.  

As an example, I attempted to use the Apple spreadsheet equivalent of Excel - which is Numbers and gave up immediately.  I will have to experiment with the other iWorks apps to make better comparisons.  I am looking forward to the new Office for the Mac, though.  In my opinion, Office 2008 for the Mac is not as robust as Office 2007 for Windows.