Microsoft Corp. has pledged to keep writing software for Apple Computer Corp.'s Macintosh (news - web sites) platform, the clearest sign yet the software giant will maintain crucial support for its rival despite the imminent lapsing of a 5-year pact between the two companies.
"We have a plan to continue supporting the Mac, and it has nothing to do with whether we have a technology agreement," Kevin Browne, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh business unit, told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.
"In order to cement that message with customers we have detailed fairly long-range plans about how we will evolve our products," Browne said.
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