After already announcing plans for an Ultimate edition of Windows Vista, Microsoft confirmed this week that it also plans an Ultimate edition of Office 2007.
The new retail package, which was not part of the Office 2007 lineup announced back in February, will offer nearly all the components available to large businesses in one $679 product. A Microsoft representative said on Thursday that the new entrant in the lineup was "created as a result of customer feedback," but didn't offer more details on its origins.
Office Ultimate is similar to the enterprise edition that is available only to large businesses, and includes standards like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, along with Publisher, the OneNote note-taking software, the Groove collaboration suite, Access database and InfoPath forms software. Microsoft did not announce pricing for the enterprise edition, since it is only available for volume licensing customers.
News source: CNET News
The new retail package, which was not part of the Office 2007 lineup announced back in February, will offer nearly all the components available to large businesses in one $679 product. A Microsoft representative said on Thursday that the new entrant in the lineup was "created as a result of customer feedback," but didn't offer more details on its origins.
Office Ultimate is similar to the enterprise edition that is available only to large businesses, and includes standards like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook, along with Publisher, the OneNote note-taking software, the Groove collaboration suite, Access database and InfoPath forms software. Microsoft did not announce pricing for the enterprise edition, since it is only available for volume licensing customers.
News source: CNET News
Probably a few thousand people still have the exact same serial I think...volume licensing always becomes the first to to be cracked copy of MS software.
I can't wait for this though, $679 is definitely not a bad price for all of the apps
Well...uh, My Office Suite is more expensive than your gaming system! So there!
Hawkeye: yes, I apparently read something incorrectly. Regardless, you know all the warez kiddies will want to have the Ultimate version just for the sake of having it ... How many people actually needed Win XP Pro? I am sure Home would have been fine for 85% of those people.
All I need is Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook............... and Office Standard 2007 has all that.
I'll buy an OEM copy too, which means no more than £180 spend......
they need to reconsider the pricing
I guess, how about if they just give Word, Power point & Outlook, for $80, much like iLife, i mean, this is for strict home use, & hardly anyone at home uses Access, infopath etc
But it's finally on the front page.
I think large businesses will do more than just open a text document, especially if they paid $679 for it.
Much better logo
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