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Loading...Microsoft Office 2007 may be delayed again, and that might be a good move after all, because we’re quite happy with Office 2003 and would rather wait and use a better release of Office 2007.
Here’s some thoughts from different media outlets.
Microsoft delays Office 2007 again
Microsoft said Thursday that it is making another slight delay to the planned arrival time for Office 2007, citing performance concerns with recent test versions. The software maker now plans to finish the code for the revamped Office suite by the end of the year, rather than in October, the date it set in March. The company said in March that it would wait to start selling Office until January, to coincide with the launch of Windows Vista. Now, though, it says Office may not be ready for store shelves until early 2007.
Read more on the CNET News site.
More hitches at Microsoft delay launch of new Office software
Microsoft has delayed the launch of its next Office software package while it tackles “performance issues”, in the latest in a series of hold-ups affecting the company’s key products. The group last night announced it is aiming to make the new version, Office 2007, available to business customers by the end of the year, rather than its earlier target of October.
Read more on the Guardian site (link no longer exists).
Microsoft delays Office ’07
The Office delay comes three months after Microsoft again pushed back the release of its flagship Windows Vista operating system, now scheduled for broad availability in January, missing the holiday shopping season. “The bottom line is Microsoft gives guidance, which businesses are trying to make plans around, but consistently is unable to meet the dates in the guidance,” said Joe Wilcox, a senior analyst at Jupiter Research. “At some point, that’s got to impact somebody’s confidence in Microsoft.”
Read more on The Seattle Times site.
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