Microsoft Office 2007 joins Windows Vista and is delayed until 2007

[mandy]

Can Microsoft Make the Trains Run on Time?

While the Windows Vista launch delay made big headlines this week, the Office 2007 one did not. On March 23—in the midst of the hubbub over Microsoft's reorganization of its Platforms & Systems division—Microsoft officials acknowledged that Office 2007 is now going to launch in 2007, not 2006...

full article: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1942069,00.asp

[regic]

A possible reason for the delayed launch dates of Windows Vista and Office 12:

More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing

MICROSOFT appears to be in a state of panic, ordering 60 per cent of its new operating system to be re-written amidst a major shake-up of its troubled Windows division.

The news follows another delay with reports of a staff revolt over the way that management has handled the development of the operating system...

full article: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30516

Microsoft is of course denying the report:

Microsoft is denying a report that it has begun rewriting its Windows Vista operating system. The report is "speculation with no demonstrable basis in fact," a spokesperson [said] ...

Microsoft flatly denied the report. The company is working on security, testing and polish -– "not writing new code," according to a spokesperson, who added: Windows Vista is on track for the November launch of the enterprise version and the January 2007 release of the consumer version. "There aren't any Xbox developers moving over to the Windows Vista team."

full article: http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/art...hp/3594301