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Microsoft Plans New Server Products For Office v12

Posted by timothy on from the fetch-hither-the-license-cost-abacus dept.

cbnet2004 writes "Microsoft Watch is reporting that when the upcoming Office 12 is released (what product reaches 12.0?), Microsoft will have a server version of Excel, Visio, and several other products along with it. So if you thought Microsoft was trying to dominate your desktop, now you'll have to watch out for your severs, too. According to the article, the new servers will fortunately not be for new "thin client" solutions."

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  1. Re:Interesting to see how they will top that. by ConceptJunkie · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean something like Lotus Notes, but doesn't look and feel like mid-80's software developed by the Soviets?

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  2. I can't wait to see this. by nevlow · · Score: 3, Funny

    Great. Now I'm going to have to keep up with even more weird revisions.

    "What OS are you running?"

    "Windows Longhorn 2005 Service Pack 5 Office Server Edition with Service Pack 6.5 for Athlon64."

    "I'm sorry sir, we only provide patches for Windows Longhorn 2005 Service Pack 6 Office Server Edition with Service Pack 7 for Athlon64s."

    "Damn!"

  3. what product reaches 12.0? by Kardamon · · Score: 3, Informative

    As the submitter asked this :-)

    Cisco IOS Release 12.0
    Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.0 (Sybase ASE jumped from version 4 to version 10, leaving 5,6,7,8,9 to MS SQL Server)
    Hardware Compatibility Test (HCT) 12.0
    CorelDraw Graphics Suite 12.0
    Corel WordPerfect Office 12.0
    Domus.Cad 12.0
    Palm Tipsheet 12.0
    ALS Beamline 12.0
    OmniPage Pro 12.0
    SPSS for Windows 12.0
    Laplink Gold 12.0
    Etcetera...

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    1. Re:what product reaches 12.0? by byolinux · · Score: 3, Informative

      Emacs is on 21!

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  4. Re:So, it's a licencing engine? by hoggoth · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > what technical/practical benifits do the 'server versions' of these apps provide?

    It's about time! How many servers out there are running a desktop Excel that is being COM controlled by a web application? Excel is NOT made to handle multiple simultaneous requests, and hangs, crashes, corrupts and does other nasty things when it is asked to.
    I don't know how many times I've had to kludge together a solution to manipulating Excel spreadsheets or Powerpoint presentations in a web server application. None of the solutions are perfect. Controlling Excel and Powerpoint with COM leads to an unstable solution. Emulating Excel or Powerpoint data leads to buggy data (since Microsoft actively tries to F* up anybody trying to emulate their data formats).

    A server-capable Office engine would enable me to manipulate Excel, Powerpoint, and Word documents in a web application.

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