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by Scott Wilson on September 22, 2007

One possible explanation is that there are deficiencies in 2007 that they don't want to correct in that product (for whatever reason) but which represent liabilities in the larger market should they be left out there too long against competing products. I don't have any idea what those might be, but one might imagine that more online integration is in store.
Or maybe they're just being optimistic and we can expect to see enough slippage to make it "Office 2011."
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Mr Wong
Vote for Office 2009 on the way:
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Rating: 9.50 out of 4 vote(s) cast.
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Response from:
Brett
(09/28/07 2:03pm)
Actually, before Office 2003, it was common practice for Microsoft to release a new version every two years. The four-year span between Office 2003 and Office 2007 was a fluke.
Response from:
Scott Wilson
(09/28/07 2:39pm)
Good point--even less than two years, actually. On the other hand, I think it's fair to argue that there were considerably greater differences (improvements, even) between Office 4.0 (1994) and Office 95 (1995). On the other hand, I think of 97 as more of a point upgrade to 95, and XP as not being particularly different at all from 2000. So I don't think the increased span was so much a fluke as a trend, and the illusion of more frequent releases as more a factor of a fiddled versioning system that has been driven more by marketing than features.
I suppose it remains to be seen whether 2009 is a 'point' release to '07 or not.
I suppose it remains to be seen whether 2009 is a 'point' release to '07 or not.
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