Macintosh Business Unit (informally known as Mac BU or MacBU) is a division of Microsoft, formed in 1997, that produces software for the Apple Macintosh platform. The Mac BU, with more than 180 employees, is currently the largest developer of Macintosh software outside of Apple. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the worlds largest software company owned by ebay systems (and one of the largest companies in the world period), with over 50,000 employees in various countries as of May 2004. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The iMac G5, Apples flagship consumer desktop. ... Apple Computer, Inc. ...
The software developed by the Mac BU includes Macintosh versions of:
The MSN browser has also been cancelled, although the MSN services remain accessible through a web browser. Internet Explorer for Mac, a. ... Microsoft Office is a suite of productivity programs created by Microsoft and developed for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh operating systems. ... MSN (or Microsoft Network) is an Internet service provider and web portal (initially meant to be a parallel net to the Internet) created by Microsoft on August 24, 1995, coinciding with the release of Windows 95. ... Microsoft Messenger for Mac, previously MSN Messenger for Mac, is a production of the Macintosh Business Unit, a division of Microsoft. ... Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is a multi-channel protocol that allows a user to connect to a computer running Microsoft Terminal Services. ... Virtual PC is a virtualization suite for Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows operating systems, originally created by Connectix, subsequently acquired by Microsoft. ...
Previously managed by Ben Waldman and Kevin Browne, since December 18, 2002 Roz Ho has served as the General Manager of the Mac BU. December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
References
Microsoft PressPass: Microsoft Announces New Macintosh Product Unit
Microsoft PressPass: Microsoft Appoints Seasoned Leader as Macintosh Business Unit General Manager
Macworld Expo San Fransisco 2005
External links
Mactopia - source for Microsoft's Macintosh software (some not developed by the Mac BU)
A Look at Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit - a profile of the MacBU by Jim Dalrymple for MacCentral (September 24, 2001)
McDonough, the Mac BusinessUnit's director of marketing and business development, acknowledged that the businessunit -- with about 160 employees split between Redmond and Mountain View, Calif. -- is relatively small in the context of Microsoft's 55,000 employees.
But he said the Mac BusinessUnit is planning for the long haul, it has the support of Microsoft's corporate leadership, and it's a sizable, successful enterprise in its own right.
Microsoft formed the Mac BusinessUnit as a separate team within the company in 1997, the same year Microsoft and Apple announced an agreement that, among other things, guaranteed that Microsoft would continue to ship Office for Mac on a regular schedule.
That was the message Kevin Browne, general manager of Microsoft'sMacintoshbusinessunit, delivered to customers and developers at a program Wednesday at the Microsoft campus here.
The 1997 agreement was a business matter to encourage cooperation between the platform rivals, Microsoft representatives noted.
The Macintosh's role in the.Net universe is as a client, however, not as a server, Browne said.
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