Office delay, Licensing 6 customers pay
News Microsoft is preparing a new test version of its upcoming Office 2003 desktop software, which will delay the final release of the product until later this year. Also, any delay in shipment of Office 2003 could potentially hurt Microsoft's revenue...
[April 25, 2003, 11:51]
Office 2007 delayed again
News On Thursday, Microsoft said that it is making another slight delay to the planned arrival time for Office 2007, citing performance concerns with recent test versions. It was not immediately clear how the Office delay would affect Microsoft's Vista...
[June 30, 2006, 9:30]
Mass Office upgrades 'unlikely'
News With Office 2003, the delay is more likely to be a matter of years, as with a new release of the Windows operating system. The new version of Microsoft's widespread Office software package is not likely to spur immediate mass upgrades among...
[October 21, 2003, 10:00]
Open standards push Mannheim to Linux
News Armbruster thinks that the lack of user engagement is one of the main problems that has caused the delay in Munich's migration to open source desktops. This delay will not only give the city time to replace those 145 Windows-specific applications...
[November 29, 2005, 17:15]
Microsoft tweaks latest beta of Office
News The move is unusual for the software giant, which was expected to stick to a schedule of two major trial releases, and could indicate a delay in retail availability of Office 2003. Microsoft has announced the general availability of an update to...
[July 2, 2003, 8:08]
Microsoft to emulate open-source updates
News Looked at from this point of view, Microsoft's new approach might have prevented a fourth delay in the shipping date. Timing the release of those components with Office 2003 makes more sense than holding up Windows Server 2003, analysts said.
[March 26, 2003, 12:57]
Home Office demands massive cybersecurity overhaul
News Unfortunately, in terms of software vulnerabilities, the lag is moving in the offenders' favour, as the time delay between the discovery of a vulnerability (by various sources) and its exploitation by offenders is narrowing, giving less time for...
[December 13, 2004, 17:30]
Longhorn: If they build it, will anyone come?
News But faced with the prospect of having to further delay the OS, Microsoft decided last year to scale back its key components, and with them, some of Longhorn's ambitions. The challenge is one Microsoft has tackled for years with its Office software...
[April 1, 2005, 18:10]
Office Communications Server 2007 review
Reviews This must be configured to run in native Windows Server 2003 mode — a fact that could seriously delay the uptake of OCS 2007 in organisations that have not deployed Active Directory, and in those using Active Directory in conjunction with older...
[October 16, 2007, 10:11]
Web services: Ready, steady... wait
News He said software infrastructure spending is likely to face "more paralysis and delay" as customers hold out to see how Web services develop. Bob Gerardi, manager for Xerox's office services operations, said the software industry has taken a "smart...
[June 19, 2002, 14:28]
UK file-swappers could face jail under new law
News The Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 was laid before Parliament on Friday after nearly a year's delay. The Copyright Directorate, a Patent Office department, had a deadline of 22 December last year to implement the European Copyright...
[October 8, 2003, 13:40]
User acceptance 'key' in desktop Linux migrations
News Armbruster claimed that the lack of user engagement is one of the main problems that has caused the delay in Munich's migration to open source desktops. The Germany city plans to migrate its 3,500 desktops from Office to OpenOffice.org on Windows...
[November 30, 2005, 11:05]
Can AMD's heir apparent turn its fortunes around?
News Imagine you're a director for a company, which has endured a year that began with a distribution snafu and then unravelled in a series of engineering glitches, forcing the delay of your most important product in years.
[January 3, 2008, 14:38]
BlackBerry saga could be delayed further
News Yet Gartner also believes that the re-examination of NTP's patents could delay the case, an outcome that other legal analysts have downplayed given Judge James Spencer's keen interest in ending the case.
[February 3, 2006, 9:45]
The hard lessons of Vista
News The latest delay for Windows Vista highlights a mounting challenge for Microsoft — finding a way to update its most important product on any kind of reasonable schedule. We are very backwards-compatible people," Gates said at an Office developer...
[March 23, 2006, 13:10]
Microsoft: Vista is ready to ship
News Instead, it would make it available to businesses in November and delay the broad launch until January. The software maker has scheduled a 30 November press conference to announce the new operating system, along with Office 2007.
[November 9, 2006, 8:46]
MPs savage NHS IT delays
News Granger also apologised for a nine- to 12-month delay in the rollout of a digital picture archiving system in the northwest, saying that the supplier, ComMedica, had failed to provide a satisfactory reference solution.
[June 28, 2006, 17:10]
Delay hits open-source .Net project
News Linux on the desktop is becoming a viable option for an increasing number of IT buyers," Chris Stone, vice chairman of Novell's office of the CEO, said in a statement on Tuesday. Developers and corporate customers eager to get their hands on an...
[November 19, 2003, 9:30]
.Net Server: Three delays a charm?
News The two server release changes, in concert with a potential delay for Windows XP's successor -- code-named Longhorn Desktop -- indicate major tweaking to Microsoft's server roadmap. During his Comdex keynote address on Sunday, Microsoft Chairman...
[November 18, 2002, 15:56]
A to Z of wireless standards
News In brief, allows packets with specific requirements for transmission delay and bandwidth to be passed preferentially to those with laxer needs. Wireless networking is part of the furniture these days, but the zoo of standards still baffles the non...
[March 26, 2003, 8:04]
