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MS Unveils Office 2007, Multiple Versions

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-clippy-friends dept.

rfunches writes "MSNBC reports that Microsoft's next version of Office, now known as Office 2007 (previously code-named Office 12), will continue targeting the corporate audience through multiple versions of Office 2007. Versions announced include 'Office Professional Plus 2007' and 'Office Enterprise 2007.' From the article: '[Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007] will integrate capabilities of SharePoint, a collaboration program and Web portal that is designed to run over corporate networks and the Internet...and also incorporate Microsoft Office Communicator, a corporate instant messaging service.'"

2 of 298 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Do I forsee... by Martin+Foster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A lot of small companies, organizations and people in general could do miracles in Access if they would quit treating MS Excel as one...

  2. Multiple versions? Mmm...must be a good thing by Jivha · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder why people are falling for this talk about "multiple versions" in Office 2007. The available retail versions of MS Office 2003, as listed on Microsoft.com

    - MS 2003 Professional Ed.
    - MS 2003 Standard Ed.
    - MS 2003 Small Business Ed.
    - MS 2003 Student & Teacher Ed.

    And the versions of the upcoming Office 2007 as listed in the article

    - Professional
    - Standard
    - Enterprise
    - Small Business
    - Home & Student

    Guess what - all of one extra edition - "Enterprise" (Student & Teacher appears to have been rebranded as Home & Student). The way the article and the submission is written it would appear that multiple versions were the next best thing to sliced bread since, um, Office 2003?