Office 2010 confirmed for June 2010 release
12/01/2009 11:58:00 PM
kenmouse
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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 company wouldn't get more specific than that, but that's how it always is with Microsoft: give a release a 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.
In October 2009, Microsoft announced it would close down the Office 2010 Technical Preview Program to make room for the public beta. The Office Web Apps hit beta status last month along with the rest of Office 2010, Project 2010, Visio 2010, and SharePoint Server 2010 that were released to the public as well as to MSDN and TechNet subscribers. That beta is set to expire on October 31, 2010, giving users plenty of time to move to the final version. Also in October 2009, rumors swirled around Office Mobile 7, the piece of the Office puzzle we've heard the least about, being ready for Spring 2010.
We'll be keeping a close eye on the Office 2010 suite and related products. In the meantime, the portal that seems like the best starting point for learning more about the whole 2010 wave of Microsoft products is Microsoft.com/2010.
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