Office 2005 (or Office12) - when ?

[Lior Bobrov]

Hi .

When Office 2005 (or Office12) should be released , or when
its beta should be released ?

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .

 

[Rob Schneider]

those who know arent' saying. A while yet.

Hope this is useful to you. Let us know.

rms

 

[Mark]

When Office 2005 (or Office12) should be released , or when
its beta should be released ?

Thanks in advance ,
Lior .

There are lots of Windows users still using Office 95 through Office
2000 versions and switching to OpenOffice.org. I provide support for a
very large userbase throughout the USA and starting to find the majority
of Windows users using Office 95 and Office 2000 or OpenOffice.org.
Software license costs, upgrade costs, and other financial factors have
impacted companies and users from upgrading to later Office versions and
switching to OpenOffice when they find it more cost effective and suites
their needs.

There is a trend of Windows users that has not upgraded to Office 2003.
Some of it relates to features where their existing Office version is
adequate, cost where the user sees Office is expensive where it costs
more than their computer, and others are tired of security flaws and
bloated Office installation where the find OpenOffice better.

Microsoft needs to drastically cut the cost of Office to make it
affordable, which would probably reduce software piracy on Office, and
quit making Office convoluted and bloated if they want Office 2005 to
flourish (or keep dominating like their monopolistic operating system to
keep a monoculture computing society).

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Thank you for that enlightened answer to the OP question.

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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
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After furious head scratching, Mark <[email protected]> asked this
group:

| On 11/21/2004 8:27 AM, Lior Bobrov:
|| When Office 2005 (or Office12) should be released , or when
|| its beta should be released ?
||
|| Thanks in advance ,
|| Lior .
|
| There are lots of Windows users still using Office 95 through Office
| 2000 versions and switching to OpenOffice.org. I provide support for
| a very large userbase throughout the USA and starting to find the
| majority of Windows users using Office 95 and Office 2000 or
| OpenOffice.org. Software license costs, upgrade costs, and other
| financial factors have impacted companies and users from upgrading to
| later Office versions and switching to OpenOffice when they find it
| more cost effective and suites their needs.
|
| There is a trend of Windows users that has not upgraded to Office
| 2003. Some of it relates to features where their existing Office
| version is adequate, cost where the user sees Office is expensive
| where it costs more than their computer, and others are tired of
| security flaws and bloated Office installation where the find
| OpenOffice better.
|
| Microsoft needs to drastically cut the cost of Office to make it
| affordable, which would probably reduce software piracy on Office, and
| quit making Office convoluted and bloated if they want Office 2005 to
| flourish (or keep dominating like their monopolistic operating system
| to keep a monoculture computing society).

 

[RWN]

Gee, sure looks like I'd better switch to OpenOffice<s>

 

[Lior Bobrov]

After googling , I've seen that the 1st beta will be in 29 August 2005 ...

Lior .

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

http://www.openoffice.org - have fun.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, RWN asked:

| Gee, sure looks like I'd better switch to OpenOffice<s>
|
|| Thank you for that enlightened answer to the OP question.
||
|| --
|| Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
||
|| Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
|| the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my
|| personal account will be deleted without reading.
||
||
|| After furious head scratching, Mark <[email protected]> asked
|| this group:
||
||| On 11/21/2004 8:27 AM, Lior Bobrov:
|||| When Office 2005 (or Office12) should be released , or when
|||| its beta should be released ?
||||
|||| Thanks in advance ,
|||| Lior .
|||
||| There are lots of Windows users still using Office 95 through Office
||| 2000 versions and switching to OpenOffice.org. I provide support
||| for a very large userbase throughout the USA and starting to find
||| the majority of Windows users using Office 95 and Office 2000 or
||| OpenOffice.org. Software license costs, upgrade costs, and other
||| financial factors have impacted companies and users from upgrading
||| to later Office versions and switching to OpenOffice when they find
||| it more cost effective and suites their needs.
|||
||| There is a trend of Windows users that has not upgraded to Office
||| 2003. Some of it relates to features where their existing Office
||| version is adequate, cost where the user sees Office is expensive
||| where it costs more than their computer, and others are tired of
||| security flaws and bloated Office installation where the find
||| OpenOffice better.
|||
||| Microsoft needs to drastically cut the cost of Office to make it
||| affordable, which would probably reduce software piracy on Office,
||| and quit making Office convoluted and bloated if they want Office
||| 2005 to flourish (or keep dominating like their monopolistic
||| operating system to keep a monoculture computing society).