

(CEO Steve Ballmer said last week Office 14 would be delayed until sometime next year. We don't think it makes sense to require only Windows 7 with a new version of Office.Īnd while Microsoft coordinated to introduce a new version of Office concurrent with the release of both Windows Vista and Windows XP, this time the Office team and Windows group are on totally seperate tracks: We can expect Windows 7 maybe as early as Sept, while Chris still wouldn't commit to first half of 2010 for Office 14. Security Update for Microsoft Office XP (KB2509461) Office 2002/XP. We're looking at XP with some service pack. Our install base of Office 20 is actually quite quite high in enterprises even if XP is what most enterprises are still using on their PCs. That's what Microsoft Business Software SVP Chris Capossela told SAI in an interview yesterday about Office 14.

The team behind the next version of MS Office - called "Office 14" inside Microsoft, no brand yet - has insulated themselves against the very real possibility of low Windows 7 adoption rates: O14 will run on Windows XP, so it can be sold to corporate clients that shun 7.
