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Office 2007 Delayed Again

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the clippy's-triumphant-return dept.

Tyler Too writes "Ars Technica reports that Microsoft Office 2007 has been delayed again, this time into early 2007. 'Based on internal testing and the beta 2 feedback around product performance, we are revising our development schedule to deliver the 2007 system release by the end of year 2006, with broad general availability in early 2007.' Tough bit of timing after this week's online preview of Office 2007."

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  1. In other news... by gasmonso · · Score: 5, Informative

    Open Office 2.0.3 was released today for the low low cost of NOTHING :)

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  2. Probably... by darthservo · · Score: 2, Informative
    As the guy above kind of eluded to, Open Office 2.0 (just released 2.0.3 today) is pretty sufficient and that would be worth upgrading to.

    Office 97 was a piece of junk, and 2000 didn't offer much more. 2002 was where they started getting things right, and 2003 had some nice features. I've personally been using the 2007 beta where there's some nifty stuff that I could see some business use for (though they're pushing Sharepoint like a crack dealer).

    So, IMO, if you don't have documents that are very heavily formatted (which judging by the fact that you're still using 97, I don't think so), and money is an issue, move yourself out of MS 97 and go with OO.O 2.

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  3. Re:cue the obligatory joke: by Drishmung · · Score: 3, Informative
    But "Chicago", which was to be named "Windows 4.0", was so late and had slipped so many times, that it was renamed "Windows 95" to force a 'drop-dead' ship date and encourage the troops.

    As Samuel Johnson said: "Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully."

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  4. Re:Gone are the days? by MyNymWasTaken · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since when has MS released year-named products before that year?

    Windows 98 release date - June 25, 1998
    Windows 2000 release date - Feb 17, 2000
    Office 2003 release date - Oct. 21, 2003

  5. Re:cue the obligatory joke: by Zarel · · Score: 5, Informative
    NT 6.0 (or will it be 5.3? Who has the Vista beta installed?)
    It's NT 6.0.
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  6. Re:Say what? by jaysones · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's a Mac thing. Parallels is virtualization software for running Windows natively at full speed in a window on a new Intel Mac. Entourage is Microsoft's Mac email client, bundled with Mac Office. Rosetta is the compatibility layer that allows new Intel Macs to run OS X PPC apps transparently but with a slight a speed hit.

  7. Re:Blah by gathas · · Score: 2, Informative

    I second the praise for Word 5 for Mac. Fast, straightforward UI. 6 was just awful and slow.

  8. Re:OpenOffice FTW! by PhxBlue · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've heard of hitting a fly with a hammer, but this is the first time I can recall hearing of hitting a nail with a flyswatter.

    Seriously, if you need spreadsheets that big, you don't need spreadsheets--you need a database.

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  9. Re:I'm glad - its a VERY nice upgrade, but needs m by lumber_13 · · Score: 2, Informative
    mouse-only nature of it ......
    who told you that ? shotcuts are exactly as before. Get a hands on on office 2007 and then blabber here. Also get some perspective about OO, office is matured as you said, OO is still in alpha phase.