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    Even as its steers developers toward the forthcoming edition of Windows, Microsoft is building tools to write applications for the Mac OS and the Web.

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    In digital documents, Web applications and image editing, Adobe has a healthy head start. But Microsoft is making some noise.

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    After five years without a major update to Windows, Microsoft will find plenty of willing buyers for Longhorn next year. Or will it?

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    Microsoft has removed some of the functionality from the next version of Windows to bring forward the release date, which could make the decision to upgrade even more difficult for some companies.

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