Office 2007 is delayed again

Yesterday (June 29), Microsoft announced to postpone the launch of the 2007 Office suite again.

According to the developer, the cause of this delay is due to concerns about the operation of the software after the public release of the test version.

Microsoft now plans to finalize the programming code of the latest Office version later this year. According to the previous plan, the time to complete this task must be October 2006.

Last March, Microsoft announced it would launch the 2007 version of Office in January 2007, at the same time as Windows Vista. But now, the developer only gives a very general idea: " Office 2007 will be available in early 2007 ".

" Based on internal test results and feedback from the Office 2007 Beta 2 test participants around the software's performance issues, we decided to change the plan for the release of the suite. This software was around early 2007 instead of the end of the year , "said a Microsoft representative. " The feedback on the quality and performance of the software will determine the specific launch date of Office 2007 ".

It is unclear whether delaying the release of the official Office 2007 version will affect the plan to launch Windows Vista or whether both products will be released at the same time.

" We are currently considering evaluating the effects of changing the release time of Office 2007 with our specific plans ," said a representative of the Windows development unit. At the same time, this representative also emphasized that Microsoft will still target users in January next year.

Gartner analyst Michael Silver said that the re-launch of Office 2007 could affect some businesses, especially those who bought the software license at the end of 2003. Commonly The Enterprise Agreement (EA) or Software Insurance (SA) contract often contains terms that confirm the new version of the software purchased under the contract will be released after about 3 years.

Microsoft said that when Office and Vista will officially launch will depend a lot on when the software programming code reaches a certain quality level. The developer said the nearly complete version of Windows Vista will be available in the third quarter of this year.

Also yesterday, Microsoft said that the number of customers downloading the trial version of Windows Vista has reached the limit that the developer wants. It is expected that today Microsoft will stop for downloading Vista trials.

And with the launch of the Office 2007 public beta, Microsoft also released a test version of the office suite on the web.

Hoang Dung