Microsoft Office 2008 Delayed Until January 2008
Microsoft announced that Office 2008 for the Mac will be delayed until January of 2008.
Despite its name, the newest version of Microsoft Office was due for the Mac in "the second half of 2007." Lingering bugs were cited as the reason for the delay:
Other factors blamed for the delay included the switch to Intel combined with a change in Office file formats. "It was no one thing. "This release was harder than most just because of all those things happening at once."
As a result, the launch of Office 2008 is expected at Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco.
Despite its name, the newest version of Microsoft Office was due for the Mac in "the second half of 2007." Lingering bugs were cited as the reason for the delay:
"It really is just a quality issue across the board," Craig Eisler, general manager of Microsoft's Macintosh business unit, said in an interview Wednesday.
Other factors blamed for the delay included the switch to Intel combined with a change in Office file formats. "It was no one thing. "This release was harder than most just because of all those things happening at once."
As a result, the launch of Office 2008 is expected at Macworld Expo 2008 in San Francisco.
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59 months ago
this is one of the people who said "apple knows best" when leopard was delayed.
59 months ago
That's not too long to wait. I just hope that when's it's released it will be Leopard-ready. I would hate to have waited so long for it to be 10.4 only.
59 months ago
My hope is that this is motivated by the need for full Visual Basic functionality making the whole thing less of a dead duck.
59 months ago
bill gates doesn't care about mac people.
A rather asenine comment if there ever was one. :rolleyes:
iLife, iWork, Leopard! Adobe CS3! All were delayed from their original exepected release dates. These things happen.
59 months ago
This is the end of the wait for me.
I'm getting so sick of my sluggish Office 2004.
I've been playing around with Open Office under X11 and it's more than usable.
By January 2008, Open Office Aqua, which runs natively under Tiger should be ready, so I reckon that this is the way forward.
Microsoft obviously doesn't care about Mac anymore. This and the shocking MSN client without cam support just stinks.
I'm getting so sick of my sluggish Office 2004.
I've been playing around with Open Office under X11 and it's more than usable.
By January 2008, Open Office Aqua, which runs natively under Tiger should be ready, so I reckon that this is the way forward.
Microsoft obviously doesn't care about Mac anymore. This and the shocking MSN client without cam support just stinks.
59 months ago
By January 2008, Open Office Aqua, which runs natively under Tiger should be ready, so I reckon that this is the way forward.
Well since Open Office have been promising a native aqua version for what must be over a year at this stage (since neooffice already supply one) then I wouldn't hold your breath for them to hit their release schedule either.
59 months ago
Microsoft obviously doesn't care about Mac anymore.
I think they do care. According to the Article 20% of the money spent on Office in the US is the Mac version, up from 4% in 2001. They are taking longer because they're getting used to Universal Binaries. Messenger and Remote Desktop are both UB now, but Office is the big fish. I still want them to bring Media Player back.
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