Windows 7 And Office 14 Dual Launch Not Likely

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Windows 7 and Office 14 Dual Launch Not Likely

Elizabeth Montalbano, IDG News Service

Monday, January 12, 2009 3:10 PM PST

"Though Microsoft released Office 2007 and Windows Vista at the same time, people should not expect the same of Windows 7 and the next version of Office, code-named Office 14.

Sources who follow Microsoft closely said that while they expect Windows 7 to be in full release as early as August or September -- or at least by the end of this year -- Office 14 probably won't be out until next year.

Microsoft released the first Windows 7 beta for public download on Saturday, initially limiting its release to a certain number of users due to an overwhelming response that caused problems for its Web site. The company later lifted the ban.

The Windows 7 beta is feature-complete, which means that all Microsoft will do between now and the final release is fix bugs and ensure the code is stable, rather than add new features to the OS.

However, no one has seen anything close to an Office 14 public beta yet, and Microsoft won't publicly comment on the software or its release date"

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