Make new Beta products available for other beta products

[Brandon M. Goodin]

I was interested in downloading the Beta version of the maps add-on for
Outlook; however, it's not compatible with the Office 2007 Beta. I think it
would be beneficial to ensure that beta version of add-ons are compatible
with current Beta versions of the software that is being "added on to" (in
this case Outlook 2007 Beta).

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[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I was interested in downloading the Beta version of the maps add-on for
Outlook; however, it's not compatible with the Office 2007 Beta. I think it
would be beneficial to ensure that beta version of add-ons are compatible
with current Beta versions of the software that is being "added on to" (in
this case Outlook 2007 Beta).

Lovely thought, but not really practicable. Coordinating the core Office apps
is difficult enough. Pulling in even more applications would make it very
difficult to ever get a build that can be tested. Making this effort would
slow development time down appreciably; time = money. Outside add-ons that
integrate into a main application are always going to limp behind, at least
until RTM comes along.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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