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Re:Pivot (from Microsoft) by simonw on Sunday December 06, 2009 @12:10PM (#979800)
It's not just Silverlight - I installed that, then tried to access the demo URLs and was told I needed to install Pivot as well. Which isn't available for the Mac.

http://content.getpivot.com/Collections/dogbreeds/dogbreeds....

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Re:Pivot (from Microsoft) by pavs on Sunday December 06, 2009 @12:40PM (#979859)
Why would expect it to be available for the ma?. The headline clearly said its from Microsoft.
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Re:Pivot (from Microsoft) by allenbrunson on Sunday December 06, 2009 @01:08PM (#979888)
are you aware that word, excel, powerpoint, and yes, even silverlight are all available for the mac?
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Re:Pivot (from Microsoft) by windsurfer on Sunday December 06, 2009 @06:57PM (#980387)
Although you are right, they are, they almost certainly weren't when they first came out.
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Re:Pivot (from Microsoft) by tremendo on Sunday December 06, 2009 @07:17PM (#980403)
Excel, the first GUI-based Word and Powerpoint were out for the Mac first in mid-to-late 1980's. Windows wasn't ready for them. Multiplan and the original Word were DOS apps.

I know it's irrelevant to this Post, just a historical note. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_PowerPoint http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Excel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Word

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Re:Pivot (from Microsoft) by allenbrunson on Sunday December 06, 2009 @10:41PM (#980657)
yep. it's hard to believe now, but microsoft was one of the early champions of the mac. i don't know if it's still true, but at one time, microsoft's macbu employed more mac programmers than apple itself.
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Re:Pivot (from Microsoft) by windsurfer on Sunday December 06, 2009 @10:22PM (#980635)
Oh wow, thanks. I had no idea.
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