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How do you feel about Apple reverse-engineering Microsoft Office so they could make iWork compatible with it, and then charging money for it?
by burkaman 3y ago
How do you feel about Apple reverse-engineering Microsoft Office so they could make iWork compatible with it, and then charging money for it?
- evilduck 3y agoOffice uses open, if insanely overly complicated, document formats. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_standards/ms-docx/b839fe1f-e1ca-4fa6-8c26-5954d0abbccd https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_standards...
- pxmpxm 3y agoBetter analogy would be iWork 365 where Apple reverse engineers the back end to do the cloud storage and collaboration all using MSFT's azure boxes. And charge money for it.
- dqv 3y agoMicrosoft365 has an API and therefore doesn’t need to be reverse engineered. You’re making a great point for having Apple open up the iMessage platform or at least meet consumer demand for access to iMessage on non-Apple devices. They can even charge for it - the going rate looks to be $1.99 a month.
- pxmpxm 3y agoAre you actually making an argument that microsoft would open up and license the 365 back end, for free, to a direct office competitior?
- dqv 3y agoIt’s taking a lot to pretend like you’re not being intentionally snarky. No, I’m not actually arguing that because that’s not what I said nor is it an accurate rewording of what I said. I didn’t say anything about making anything free; I said “they can even charge for it”.