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Office Delayed, Too

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-quite-ready dept.

turnitover writes "And you thought calling it 'Office 2007' was just to make it seem all future-like -- but according to eWEEK.com's Mary Jo Foley, turns out calling it is truth in advertising: Office 2007 won't ship until 2007. What does this mean for Microsoft and its reputation as a company that can eventually ship software? What will this mean for office managers who have to plan upgrades and budgets? Will this make anyone look at OpenOffice.org?"

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  1. /.-Article about Office delay also delayed by Advocadus+Diaboli · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, at least since I'm using Open Source in my Office no work is delayed there anymore. :-)

    SCNR

  2. AJAX Office by Umbral+Blot · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Don't worry it's AJAX Office to the rescue, oh wait, no it isn't. I don't see why this would make people turn to Open Office either, unless Open Office is promising and delivering the features in the now delayed MS Office 2007, which to the best of my knowledge it isn't. In my personal experiance OOo is still playing catch-up, and essential features, like the spell checker still need some fine tuning (it never seems to suggest the word I meant). OOo's real hope of beating Office of course may be by improving and making more intuitive the basic features, used 99% of the time, beyond those that are part of MS Office, like an adaptive spell checker. Unfortunately this doesn't seem like OOo's goal either, they just seem to be trying to catch up with MS Office in the number of features offered, which they may never be able to do in full, even with these delays.

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    Philosophy.
  3. Linux violates our IP says Ballmer by rs232 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Well, I think there are experts who claim Linux violates our intellectual property.
    But to the degree that that's the case,
    of course we owe it to our shareholders to have a strategy.
    And when there is something interesting to say,
    you'll be the first to hear it.
    - Steve Ballmer Forbes Interview Mar 23

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  4. Microsoft delays software ... by Yaldabaoth · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    ... CowboyNeal's hot flashes to be made into a film at 11:00.

    Seriously, why is this news?

    I just got out of a job that turned thorougly repulsive on me -- imagine trying to do what you love and being cluelessly mis-micromanaged into the dirt instead. I was a lead architect, and I quit in thorough disgust.

    I feel quite vindicated with the savaging the product's been getting in the press, too. (Well, okay, it's only starting to get savaged, but many happy tomorrows ...). Maybe they'll actually start ... *gasp* ... firing people who can't do their jobs!

    I have a friend at Microsoft, and she has it much better than I did. Her manager flat-out told her that if she couldn't get it done in a 40 hour week, let them know and they'll start cutting stuff. Beats the everliving crap out of "hey, we decided you should go from A to F to Q to N to L to Y to C to F (again!) to H to B!! give us your opinion so we can totally ignore it (again!!!) and do what we decided anyway! Good luck taking breaks -- our roving hallway monitors will classify you as a slacker."

    Delayed a year? ... features cut? ... where do I sign? It beats the hell out of (insert mystery game company here). Lucky bastards.