[Am-info] NewsSource, October 30 2000 / 7 of 8 / OFFICE 10 BETA UPDATED

[Paul Rickard]

      *Less than a month after the product was 'released' (if you can 
call a distribution to 3000 people a release), Microsoft has sent out an 
update for the first beta of Office 10. The update primarily addresses 
security problems in the next edition of Outlook, Microsoft's software 
for managing contacts, e-mail, and viral attachments. So far Office 10 
testers have been giving us negative reports, especially about the 
translation and speech functions Microsoft has been promising for several 
years yet _disabled_ for the beta release (never a good sign). The next 
beta of Office 10 is expected out in the next few weeks, with a full 
version of the product shipping about a year from now as Office 2002. -|

            ALSO SEE:
      http://zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2643292,00.html



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