“It’s under NDA but evidently Apple rejected Microsoft Office for the Mac because it competes with Apple’s iWork. Also, Firefox was rejected because it could confuse users about which to browser to use,” Inner Daemon writes.
“Other candidates on the reject list include NetNewsWire, RealPlayer, and Lightroom,” Inner Daemon writes.
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MacDailyNews Take: Cupertino, we have a problem.
MacDailyNews Note: For any Windows-only users who may have stumbled here via Google News or via some other conduit: Inner Daemon is making a satirical statement on Apple’s recent App Store for iPhone and iPod touch app rejections based on “duplicating iTunes functionality.” Apple is not “rejecting Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac.” If anything, Apple goes out of their way to promote Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. For example: Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac. Starting at just $149.95 with free shipping from Apple Store.
“Apple is attempting to think different with the iPhone. Clearly, not everybody gets that.”
And the point is, for the future of the platform it doesn’t matter what a bunch of whiny “Apple is Always right” fanboys think about the platform.
It matters what a relatively small group of people prepared to commit significant dollars to phone application development think about Apple’s policies.
I can tell you what they think, it makes them very nervous.
Its a joke.
Maybe it won’t be a joke in some cloud computing future in which Apple is providing iWork functionality through mobileMe, but for now its just a joke.
Come to think of it Google doesn’t offer iWork or Office, just its own web applications. Innovation crushing tyrants.