Microsoft Office ‘A Customer Centric - Productive Suite’

Microsoft Office, since its inception as a ‘productivity suite’, has evolved constantly throughout the timeline. Its each version is released in more than 30 languages, almost every year. The development for the latest Microsoft Office version 2010, which is officially tagged as version no.14, started in 2007. And, Microsoft office suites are inter-conjugated sets of servers, packages, and presentations, created for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems, an initiative started by Microsoft in 1980s.



MS Office for Mac is written in C++ (Carbon version) and Objective C (Cocoa version) languages. Interestingly Microsoft Office for Windows, and unlike ‘Office for Mac’, objective C (Cocoa version) language is not included in its making. And in fact, it is even more interesting to know that the first program of Microsoft Office for Mac version was released "6 years" earlier than the first version of Microsoft Office for Windows. Considering, Windows being the parent product line of Microsoft, the priority for an office for Mac release is surprising and this issue was under debate in 90’s. If pondered upon on the technical aspect of Microsoft Office for Mac, each version of office for Mac has a distinct set of widget. In Windows, this is seen in only XP and 2003 Microsoft office versions for Windows.



To make things uniform, Microsoft introduced similar file formats for MS Office for Mac and Windows, starting from the release of version no. 4.2 for Mac. Well, Microsoft had made things exclusive as Microsoft Office is only supported by two platforms, Windows and Mac, hence, this guarantees great brand image and profit propositions. Microsoft Office for Mac has always been a hit among Mac customers, ever since its inception in the software market. Office for Mac was the highest market gainer in US IT market for the year 2003-2004. There is 3/4th more productivity for MS Office for Mac, unlike Office for Windows in the Western market. But mind you, this doesn’t undermine the quality or demand for Microsoft Office for windows at all.



Finally, the desktop features and server applications are two essential things left to discuss for MS Office for Mac and Windows. In Microsoft Office for Mac, all web services are connected to Sky Drive, Web conferencing server and project server. The Microsoft Office updates are linked to installation server location. Apart from this, only fact that anyone can guess is about Microsoft’s incomparable genius in creating revered software programs and applications. Moreover, the company now constantly launches applications for various mobile phone platforms and companies. It is indispensable to mention about software engineers and tech staff personnel, who work perseveringly to develop new surprises for customers. From the past 40 years or so, Microsoft has amazed everyone with its launches. It remains to be seen whether a stiff competition comes from any part of the world or not. Even if that happens, the brand Microsoft would still bring "smiles" to everybody’s face and that would seal its victory.