Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007

RavenMaster · January 25th, 2006

"Well I saw Office 12 demo's at IT Forum where the apps were named Office 2007, also as mentioned earlier on Bink.nu, the name change of all office apps now have the name Office in them. So Microsoft Office Word" and not "Microsoft Word"

Now with Office Online Beta (Office Online Beta) the name Office 2007 appears again, so we can expect to launch as Office 2007.

I also saw Exchange 12 as Exchange 2007, this might change to Exchange 2008 cause it will be released in Q1 2007. On the other hand marketing would like to see the names in sync. Nice detail is that the binaries for Exchange 12 are 8.0 while Exchange 2003 are 6.5.
7.0 had codename Kodiak and was cancelled."

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**ming** · January 25th, 2006

Is the naming really that surprising?

We've already seen Windows 95/98/2000/2003 and Office 97/2000/2003 as well as Office XP with all its components as word 2002/excel 2002 etc.

**Grandmaster** · January 25th, 2006

Wow, how creative.

Dublex · January 25th, 2006

Well, Office 11 was named Office 2003 so this isn't suprising.

It could be worse. They could have named Windows Vista as Windows 2007 or the year of it's release date

mooo · January 25th, 2006

Ha marketing has gone down hill for everything. The army just did a gun that can do like 240 rounds per minute or something, and they just name it "the super gun".. Something cool like "awesome office" to make it sound better than the year..

**kcnychief** · January 25th, 2006

Heck, even if they called it Microsoft Cardboard, I'd buy it

Office is teh siht!

mooo · January 25th, 2006

NO NO NO kcnychief, have work buy it for you

I tell my company I need the newest features and they give me authorization to buy it and we are all happy. The funny part is they actual work boxes (not my laptop) still has office 2000 while i am using 2003 :P

**NetRyder** · January 25th, 2006

Not surprising. Office is considered a business product, so they'd follow the same naming convention as before, instead of fancy names like Vista. Just like 'Longhorn' Server will be named Windows Server 200x.

**madmatt** · January 25th, 2006

I'm with NR. Business products/servers seem to have year names, OS products have an actual name (ME, XP, Vista).

**VenomXt** · January 25th, 2006

we shoudl rename OSNN too the Site for computer literate people and Dumb Razr's in the year 2006 to follow examples.

**kcnychief** · January 25th, 2006

Originally Posted by VenomXt

we shoudl rename OSNN too the Site for computer literate people and Dumb Razr's in the year 2006 to follow examples.

or not

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RavenMaster OSNN Junior Addict Joined: January 2006 Posts: 3 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 "Well I saw Office 12 demo's at IT Forum where the apps were named Office 2007, also as mentioned earlier on Bink.nu, the name change of all office apps now have the name Office in them. So Microsoft Office Word" and not "Microsoft Word" Now with Office Online Beta (Office Online Beta) the name Office 2007 appears again, so we can expect to launch as Office 2007. I also saw Exchange 12 as Exchange 2007, this might change to Exchange 2008 cause it will be released in Q1 2007. On the other hand marketing would like to see the names in sync. Nice detail is that the binaries for Exchange 12 are 8.0 while Exchange 2003 are 6.5. 7.0 had codename Kodiak and was cancelled." Source

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ming OSNN Advanced Joined: June 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,252 Reputation: 1160 Power: 159	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 Is the naming really that surprising? We've already seen Windows 95/98/2000/2003 and Office 97/2000/2003 as well as Office XP with all its components as word 2002/excel 2002 etc. Curent system: Intel Quad Core 9450 \| 4GB RAM \| WD Raptor 36GB \| nVidia 8800GT 512mb

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Grandmaster Electronica Addict Joined: February 2002 Location: Santa Clara, CA Posts: 10,574 Reputation: 2960 Power: 257	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 Wow, how creative.

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Dublex Quazatron R6 droid Joined: January 2002 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Posts: 624 Reputation: 180 Power: 130	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 Well, Office 11 was named Office 2003 so this isn't suprising. It could be worse. They could have named Windows Vista as Windows 2007 or the year of it's release date

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mooo thecyberninja Joined: January 2004 Location: earth Posts: 886 Reputation: 310 Power: 110	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 Ha marketing has gone down hill for everything. The army just did a gun that can do like 240 rounds per minute or something, and they just name it "the super gun".. Something cool like "awesome office" to make it sound better than the year..

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 302	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 Heck, even if they called it Microsoft Cardboard, I'd buy it Office is teh siht! XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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mooo thecyberninja Joined: January 2004 Location: earth Posts: 886 Reputation: 310 Power: 110	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 NO NO NO kcnychief, have work buy it for you I tell my company I need the newest features and they give me authorization to buy it and we are all happy. The funny part is they actual work boxes (not my laptop) still has office 2000 while i am using 2003 :P

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NetRyder Tech Junkie Joined: April 2002 Location: New York City Posts: 13,256 Reputation: 4260 Power: 294	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 Not surprising. Office is considered a business product, so they'd follow the same naming convention as before, instead of fancy names like Vista. Just like 'Longhorn' Server will be named Windows Server 200x. http://kunal.kundaje.net

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madmatt Bow Down to the King Joined: April 2002 Location: New York Posts: 13,312 Reputation: 4090 Power: 294	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 I'm with NR. Business products/servers seem to have year names, OS products have an actual name (ME, XP, Vista).

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kcnychief █▄█ ▀█▄ █ Joined: April 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 16,949 Reputation: 4941 Power: 302	Re: Microsoft Office 12 will named Office 2007 Originally Posted by VenomXt we shoudl rename OSNN too the Site for computer literate people and Dumb Razr's in the year 2006 to follow examples. or not XBOX Live Gamertag: kcnychief

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