Mac Users Will Have to Wait for Microsoft Office 2008

But… do they care? OK, OK, some do… I guess I am letting my Evil Empire detector buzz too much! But, there’s always OpenOffice!

Mac Users Left in Office 2008 Waiting Room

“Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft announced on Thursday its anticipated retail release date of the latest Office suite for the Macintosh Latest News about Macintosh will be delayed until January. Quality checks in June and July turned up problems that could not be resolved before the previous release target set for this fall, according to a posting to the Office for Mac Team Blog by Craig Eisler, general manager of Microsoft’s Mac Business Unit. Achieving the right quality level is “super important” to the company and the team, he wrote. Such slips are common in the software world, Laura DiDio, research fellow with Yankee Group, told MacNewsWorld. ‘This doesn’t cause me to raise an eyebrow.'”