Trickery is an Art.

Microsoft’s Marketing Stunt Goes Viral

Hmmm, and then there is this:

Microsoft says Office for Mac will have Outlook

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it will include Outlook, a popular e-mail and calendar program that’s ubiquitous on its Windows computers, in the next version of its Office suite for Apple Inc.’s Mac computers.
The current Mac version of Office includes Entourage, a program for sending e-mail and organizing appointments and contacts. The new version, which will be available in time for the holidays in 2010, will replace Entourage with Outlook.
Microsoft’s Mac unit is building the software from scratch, so Outlook will work with the Mac’s backup and hard-drive search features.
Apple recently said the next version of its Mac operating system, called Snow Leopard, will include support for Microsoft Exchange Server, the behind-the-scenes software that makes Outlook work.

Outlook for the Mac by the holidays in 2010???

Next month Apple Mail/iCal/Address Book will support MS Exchange out of the box. With iWorks features leapfrogging, the compelling need for Mac Office is dwindling. A rewritten Mac Office in Cocoa with Outlook would be welcomedby the switchers who are biz oriented and have been raised on Outlook. But for the Holidays 2010?Vaporware is an art.