anyweb Posted December 1, 2009 Report post Posted December 1, 2009 Late last week, a beta tester pointed out that Microsoft was planning to release its Office 2010 suite in June 2010, according to Fudzilla. Previously Redmond had only been quoted as saying "the first half of 2010" but more recently the company apparently posted the following message on one of the Office 2010 beta webpages: "The final version will be available to the public for purchase in June 2010." We browsed various Microsoft Office webpages, and even did a search, but we couldn't find the quote, so we contacted Microsoft directly. "We expect Office 2010 and related products to be generally available in June 2010," a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed with Ars. The software giant wouldn't get more specific than that, but that's how it always is with Microsoft: give a release year or a six month period, narrow it down to a month, and then unleash everything on a specific day, assuming no major delays. The most ambitious goal Microsoft is striving for with Office 2010 is making it available via a familiar experience across the PC, phone, and browser. Office 2010 is the first release of the productivity suite that will come in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors and on one DVD no less. In addition to the five editions of Office 2010 announced in July 2009, and the ad-supported one announced in October 2009, Microsoft is also working on the Office Web Apps, first demonstrated in October 2008: Web versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. full story > http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/12/office-2010-confirmed-for-june-2010-release-1.ars Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
