Office 2010 Technical Beta Closing Down.

[JMH]

With the first wave of the Office 2010 launch now on the horizon, Microsoft is gearing up to shut down the testing program that helped build the next iteration of the Office System. Early adopters involved in the Beta of Office 2010 are receiving email messages, informing them that the program will close at the end of this month. Microsoft already confirmed that it would launch Office 2010 RTM on May 12, a release that will be reserved for business users. The general availability deadline of Office 2010 is planned for June 2010, almost a month after the business launch of the productivity suite.

Source -
Office 2010 Technical Beta Closing Down - On Friday, April 30th - Softpedia

 

[pcgamer]

If its ending on friday does this mean there nearly ready to bring out the final realse of it.

 

[smarteyeball]

It's a pretty fair bet that the answer is yes

 

[tw33k]

If its ending on friday does this mean there nearly ready to bring out the final realse of it.

I think I heard it's RTM in May.

 

[pcgamer]

Nice cant wait for that but i thought the RTM is out now?

 

[JMH]

If its ending on friday does this mean there nearly ready to bring out the final realse of it.

I think I heard it's RTM in May.

Nice cant wait for that but i thought the RTM is out now?

FYI see link -
Office 2010 RTM Launch Set for May 12 - Sign-off is planned by the end of April - Softpedia

 

[fseal]

Hmm Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 at the same time. Nice

 

[Lordbob75]

Ah, crap...
That means my install is going to die....

Will they let us reinstall 2007 over it?

~Lordbob

 

[KremmenUK]

Wonder when it will hit MSDN ?

 

[MattRainier]

I'm glad I installed different version of '07 and '10. This way, when '10 stops working for me, I can still fall back on my '07 install.

 

[licensecart]

wow. i like this, it's wonderfull

 

[Curzon]

I'm surprised M$ are ending the beta quite so soon, as Amazon reckon the retail release will not be until 30th June. I suppose it's back to 2007 at the end of the month then!

However, I have an issue with the way one has to muck about in order to use the 2007 style wordart. I'm hoping M$ offer a 60 day trial, so I can see if they've sorted this before I buy. Fingers crossed. I like the new wordart and features (picture handling), but I'm not going to live without the "old" style wordart. I hope M$ have been listening to us. :sarc:

 

[WiFi Ed]

I'm not $urpri$ed. Office 2010 will be relea$ed in early May $o it i$ time to $tep to the bar and purcha$e the real deal.

BTW, doe$ anyone have an "e$$" key they can $ell me, mine i$ broke...

 

[Lordbob75]

I'm not $urpri$ed. Office 2010 will be relea$ed in early May $o it i$ time to $tep to the bar and purcha$e the real deal.

BTW, doe$ anyone have an "e$$" key they can $ell me, mine i$ broke...

Take another unused key and put it in the S key spot.

~Lordbob