Office 14 & Office Web postponed to 2010
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer on Tuesday said the software maker would not release Office 14 this year, which means the company is also unlikely to release a Web-based version of the productivity suite in 2009. In a meeting with financial analysts in New York, Ballmer said the successor to Office 2007 “will not be this year.” While Microsoft had not set a release date, industry speculation built expectations of a 2009 release. Microsoft has said that a Web-based version of Office would debut with the release of Office 14. People who buy the boxed version of the suite would also get access to its components, such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, over the Web.In addition, Office Web, as the online version is called, would include a service called OneNote, which would allow users to collaborate with others and across multiple devices more efficiently.
Ballmer did not discuss plans for Office Web. No reason was given for waiting on the release of Office 14, but Ballmer did paint a gloomy picture for the second half of Microsoft’s fiscal year, which ends in June. The current recession is expected to impact all of Microsoft’s businesses, Ballmer said. Microsoft is heavily dependent on PC sales, which are down as people and companies delay purchases. While large companies aren’t replacing Office with Google Apps or similar offerings from others like Zoho, they are using the low-cost products to save money. Companies are using the services for temporary employees or for workers that use very limited capabilities in Office, such as only Word to create simple documents.
Source: InfoWeek
Comments(13)
Who actually cares about all this news stuff? its rlslog not newslog isnt it ?
Atleast we'll know any Office 14 products that may show up on torrent sites will be fake.
shame, i love a nice new microsoft office package. but 2007 is brilliant, i love the ticking word count in the corner on microsoft word, single most useful innovation in office ever!
They need more developers developers developers developers to get it out quicker imo
lol they skip office 13 cause it an unlucky number. i also read that in the US some building dont have a floor 13.
is the death rate of 13 year old children significantly higher then people close to that age. i doubt it, ah i just statistically proved superstition is bullcrap.
I care about such news. As the previous poster points out, it's useful to know to avoid fakes of products. And is a little bit of interesting tech news so bad?
I don't think this delay for Office 2010 is a big deal. Office 2007 is still new to many people.
@moshster if you are interested in tech news.. why the f*** do you read here? get a IT news site .. if i trust in the released on rlslog why should i download any fakes?
Its a blog, I like to read news here also ellipsis manny … My one stop source for torrents and news
Thanks RLSLOG
I normally don't post here, but I have to point out that OneNote isn't new at all, it's been around since at least office 2003. I use it all the time as a note-taking tool for classes. And it's been able to collaborate across devices for a while as well. There's even a mobile version on my WinMo phone.
Anyways, can't wait for this to eventually come out, should be even better than 07!
keep the news flowing, it keeps me entertained at least, especially as there have been few (IMO) decent releases recently. more posts the merrier (within SOME resason)
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Hey there. Welcome to the Tech *NEWS* section of RlsLog.
Have a nice day.
"…include a service called OneNote…" They say this as if OneNote is a new thing. It's not like OneNote has existed for several years…I've just been using an imaginary product that I think is called OneNote I guess.
OneNote is great though.
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