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Microsoft Office 2010 confirmed for June 2010
A Microsoft spokesman just confirmed with Betanews that Office 2010 will be released in June... 2010! This reincarnation of Microsoft's fattest cash cow will be much of the same with incremental rather than revolutionary updates to its primary productivity suite. Other than Microsoft Web Apps of course which sound really cool.
In fact, Microsoft Office Web Apps, which will most likely reach the public's hands at the same time as Office 2010, is the only really exciting prospect that awaits us in June. Microsoft still haven't finalized what tools will be available in their Web Apps, though: "what will and what won't be in the Web Apps is really based on customer feedback and usage scenarios" -- i.e. we can hope for Outlook-in-the-browser to compete with Gmail, but whether it will actually appear or not... who knows!
It seems, from the extensive, juicy info that one of Microsoft's senior directors told Betanews, that Microsoft Office Web Apps are going to be rather neat. Expect to see Silverlight used extensively and lots of functionality pitched in direct competition against Google's online web app suite. They're finally aiming for ease of use and customer satisfaction. The tyrannical, you'll-eat-what-we-feed-you-dammit monopolist facade may finally be dropping.
[via Betanews]
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Jordan said 9:57PM on 11-30-2009
"The tyrannical, you'll-eat-what-we-feed-you-dammit monopolist facade may finally be dropping."
Unless you use a Mac.
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Sebastian Anthony said 10:06PM on 11-30-2009
You actually made me giggle-snort... with a mouthful of tea... ow.
KeegdnaB said 10:38PM on 11-30-2009
I've been using the beta and I'm really impressed. It's not too much of a change over 2007, but the little things they changed (like the backstage view and DEAR GOD THE COLORSCHEME) make a big difference in the way using it feels. Same basic situation as Vista -> Win7
2007 gave me a reason to switch to Openoffice, and 2010 is giving me a reason to switch back (one of which being not hideously slow like OO)
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damnia said 11:05PM on 11-30-2009
so mac will get office 2011 ? :D<
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ReinnieR said 1:43AM on 12-25-2009
mac is going to get the same thing windows is. including outlook and one note. no more entourage