“Microsoft Corp. said Thursday it would delay the release of its Office business software suite, citing ‘product performance’ issues,” Allison Linn reports for The Associated Press.
“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,” Linn reports.
“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,” Linn reports.
Full article here.
“It was not immediately clear how the Office delay would impact Microsoft’s Vista plans or a potential joint product launch. Many outsiders have already said they expect the Windows update to also be delayed beyond January, but Microsoft has yet to acknowledge a further delay,” Ina Fried reports for CNET News.
Full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The amount of surprise cannot be understated.
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Microsoft Vista, the best software that NEVER was.
yah performance issues, it was probably running too fast, they had to slow it down, what do you think the hardware vendors pay them for? to make an efficient OS? HAH!
Somewhere, off in the Vista, there is a substandard operating system just waiting to be released…
Part of the article said…
“Microsoft said earlier Thursday that it had nearly reached its self-imposed limit for testers of the current Windows Vista beta, with plans to stop allowing new downloads after Friday.”
ok.. so let me understand this straight.
Flip4Mac, with the 2.5 mac market share get’s all of the people it needs to beta test in a few short minutes after the link is posted online, and windows vista is up for days and days and can’t fultill it’s beta testing needs out of the millions of people using the windows platform?
So it’s Offics 2008 now?
It will be soon.
Fusk Microsoft
Fusk Everything that Microsoft touches
Fusk Everyone who makes money at Microsoft
Fusk them all!
Did I leave anyone out?
if so
Fusk them!
MDN word: shown – as in Apple shown them the fuskin door
^You know what I mean.
What about all those businesses who paid hefty license fees this year. As I read one license plan…once the business pays the annual fee they receive any new Microsoft software release. Those businesses in 2006 were expecting a new Windows and Office release–now they get nothing.
M$’s new license scheme is such a money bucket for them. They muscle businesses to accept the new terms or else (insert veiled threat) while never promising that anything new will be delivered, just IF an upgrade happens to be released within the license year you will receive it.
Seems that we would here more from irate IT managers demanding compensation.
…beleaguered Microsoft can’t ship anything…
This way Vista can be out for a while end then Office comes out to join it. That’s the way to go about it.
I don’t know what’s with giving the business customers the earliest buggy stuff, though, that’s the opposite of Microsoft’s normal smart strategies.
I can’t wait till the BOOK comes out that details all the issues that have caused all the delays in Microsoft’s products…..
But that book has been delayed again……damnit
Didn’t you hear? There’s currently a shortage of bloat; M$ just has to wait.
@Cool:
“…Microsoft’s normal smart strategies.”
I almost fell out of my chair when I read that. Good one.
They should just license OS X – it WORKS. And it’s here NOW.
Why wait?
MSFT announces another delay to a widely-publicized product and their stock price goes up 0.24. *Shaw Wu*, a friggin’ analyst, speculates that an unannounced and unexpected iPod product *may be delayed* due to factors that only he seems to be picking up on telepathically, and AAPL stock dumps almost $2.00.
Go figure. :-\
MW Normal == That’s normal operation for Wall Street.
“performance issues”
LOL sounds like a job for Viagra!
Seriously, “product performance issues” is code for “it doesn’t work”. And MS thinks they can take a huge, non-functional product to release inside a 2-3 month grace period? OMFG.
Just watch, the new Office will be Longhorn/Vista all over again.
Oh I think it’s almost to be expected that Vista will slip further into late 2007 from what I’ve heard from the beta testers. There know where near getting Vista out by January 2007. June 2007 is more like it maybe.
Freddy the Pig
Spot on.
Been a Mac Head since 1992 and boy am I glad I have nothing to do with microsoft. I had a bad experience with MSDOS and my Powerbook 170 released me to a world of beauty . . . and it’s getting soooooo much better. I think the next 12 months with Apple are going to be fantastic.
Dear Fellow Mac Users,
Completely unrelated…can we all agree to stop making those awfully contrived comments where the reader somehow ties in the MDN “magic word.”
They rarely have made any sense, and just make MDN readers look like a bunch of dolts. They are always so freaking tacky it makes me want to vomit.
So, MDN readers, you’re better than that.
Sincerely,
Mike
?? ~ Today’s Trivia Question ~ ??
Which OS was the first to run the Microsoft spreadsheet application “Excel”?
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“Excel was originally written for the 512K Apple Macintosh in 1984-1985. Excel was one of the first spreadsheets to use a graphical interface with pull down menus and a point and click capability using a mouse pointing device. The Excel spreadsheet with a graphical user interface was easier for most people to use than the command line interface of PC-DOS spreadsheet products. Many people bought Apple Macintoshes so that they could use Bill Gates’ Excel spreadsheet program. There is some controversy about whether a graphical version of Microsoft Excel was released in a DOS version. Microsoft documents show the launch of Excel 2.0 for MS-DOS version 3.0 on 10/31/87.”
http://www.dssresources.com/history/sshistory.html
Mike
MDN word . . . . sense
only kidding
XX
Bill: Turn the lights out, lock the door and go work on your charity.
M$ is a waste of your employees efforts and your end user’s time dealling with the useless crap you put out (or don’t put out).
Vista and Office 2007 coming out at the same time.
“But Office is now part of the Windows, Windows won’t work correctly without it”
YEA, we heard this story before.
Criminy Mike, do you really have nothing better to complain about than the MDN readership having a little fun with the magic word? If they enjoy it, how is it hurting you? One little sentence at the end of their post, and you post a tirade. Get fscking real. If you are so self-important that you must request that all posters make you happy, you need to get a fscking life!
Perhaps you need a Midol, Mike?
Magic Word: Fscking, as in Get Off Your Fscking Horse!
I have many friends and relatives that use MS Windows and Office with lemming-like enthusiasm. I hope that MS does a better job of copying Apple’s products so my friends can have a near-Apple experience.
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Proper Etiquette?
If you’re on a Mac and a friend of yours is all giddy about their new Vista upgrade an starts mentioning how they can now do things that you have been doing for the past 3 years. Do you politely smile with a nod and say “that’s nice” or do you subtly gloat and say that you’ve been doing those things for many years?