Microsoft's Office 2007 hits snag

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it would delay the release of its Office business software suite, citing "product performance" issues.

In a statement released by the company's Waggener Edstrom public relations firm, Microsoft said it would now release the product to big business customers by the end of the year, instead of in October as planned.

Consumers and other business users are now scheduled to get the product in early 2007. Microsoft had previously said it would be broadly available in January, to coincide with the delayed release of Microsoft's Windows Vista computer operating system.

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But Microsoft faces a tough challenge in convincing users to upgrade from previous versions of Office, which may seem just fine to many users. The company also is hoping to sell users on a slew of other related products for things like note-taking and advanced communications, as a way to grow revenue amid a more saturated market for the traditional Office softwar

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/ptech/06/29/microsoft.office.ap/index.html

runs pretty bsd, which runs on cheap non proprietary hardware, for free. It is not as cool looking, but it is a computer, not crap art deco, right?

for the bloatware parade.

I use WordPerfect Office 12 which is buggy and has too many features no one uses. Just like MS Office, which is buggy and has too many features no one uses. In both cases, there are "features" that no one SHOULD use.

I use Open Office, too, for some things. Same bloatware and bug problems, just different bugs.

So, Corel came out with a new WP Office that promises better integrated graphic shit and more goodies, and MS is coming out with a new Office that promises even more.

It gets to a point where they just can't come up with enough new stuff to make it worthwhile upgrading. And they take their sweet time fixing the damn bugs in the stuff they already have.

I can't say i've dined at quite the menu you've selected, but the setiment rings true! :-)

Wordperfect was faster for a touch typist in 1988 than windows/word is for one in 2006, gotta
figure they're just stupid over at those corporations.

:shrug:

OSX and yes I do have Office 2004 for Mac but OSX and Office run greatttttttttt...