Office 2003 (Beta 2) update patches leaked
Posted by Steven Parker on 10 March 2003 - 09:03 · 6 comments & 576 views
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#1 Posted by RaQ on 10 Mar 2003 - 11:09
- Someone who enlightned me, I went to BetaPlace and saw I was enrolled no beta kits yet.
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#1.1 Posted by DJ^TuRKiYe on 10 Mar 2003 - 12:42
- your not missing anything, the patches arn't available yet even for beta 1 testers... Plus i still only see Office 11 at betaplace. One question though, on my friends behalf, is anyone who got accepted into beta 2 who didn't test beta 1 have access to the newsgroups yet?
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#2 Posted by Drestin on 10 Mar 2003 - 13:53
- Youd think after having been busted by MS recently, neowin wouldn't so quickly be linking to a site carrying software it's not allowed to post?
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#2.1 Posted by JaggedFlame on 10 Mar 2003 - 14:57
- It's not technically "carrying" the software, yet. We'll see.
The patches cover the entire spectrum of the Office suite and total 48 megs in all. They were originally released to OEM's but somehow found their way over to Winbeta.. how? don't ask us, ask them
The change, along with widespread support for Extensible Markup Language (XML) throughout the suite, is part of a deliberate effort to focus less on individual applications and more on Office as "a platform" for enterprise development, said Gartner analyst Michael Silver.
"Microsoft wants enterprises to think of Office as more than just horizontal productivity programs," he said.
The rebranding comes as Microsoft looks to give enterprises new reasons to upgrade Office versions, at a time when the software giant is its own worst competitor. Office commands more than 90 percent market share in the productivity suite market, according to analyst estimates. But many businesses have been slow moving on the upgrades, typically skipping one version or more between upgrades.
According to analysts, the software titan faced significant hurdles getting businesses to move from Office 97 or 2000 to version XP, which Microsoft released in May 2001. In an informal survey conducted in October during Gartner's annual symposium, 31 percent of U.S. IT managers said their companies used Office 97, 56 percent Office 2000 and 6 percent Office XP. At the same time, a significant number of customers opted for the older Office 2000 over the newer XP last year. Office 2000 gained 15 percent market share in 2002, according to Gartner.
Office, along with Windows, is one of Microsoft's two flagship products. In the most recent quarter, Microsoft's Information Worker division, which is largely made up of Office, accounted for $2.4 billion of $8.5 billion in revenue. That figure is down from more than 40 percent of revenue a few years ago.
If successful, Microsoft's branding strategy could help "recharge Office sales," Silver said.