"...MSFT's MacOS Office 98 I read where a data utility was being supplied to read (and write?) Windows' files"
Was the above stated in an Office 98 manual?
When you say Office98 and Windows' files, I'm only guessing that you mean .doc, .ppt, and .xls files. In other words, it can translate and read these files generated from a PC. Likewise, you can write the same types of files to media that can be read by a PC (floppies, network drive, zip, etc.)
I don't think it means you can read and write .exe, .bat, or .dll files etc. What use would an office automation program like Office have with creating an executable file?
If it's simply file translation for word processing, powerpoint or spreadsheet files, I'd say they have had that feature for several years now.
However, if it was a utility to translate the executable files of Office98 to the Mac, then it sounds like O98 is simply a compiled version of the Windows Office 98. MSFT has been claiming that they created Mac Office98 from scratch, not a compiled or emulated version at all.
I wonder what that's all about...
-Bill_H |
