Microsoft Accidentally Slips Office 2003 Beta Onto The Web

Internetweek.com ^ | February 20, 2003 | Techweb News

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Microsoft Accidentally Slips Office 2003 Beta Onto The Web

By Techweb News

Microsoft mistakenly posted the second beta of the newest Office to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN), but yanked it several hours later.

The sneak, which several users were able to download before Microsoft withdrew the posting, revealed that the suite will be called Office 2003 when it releases mid-2003, as TechWeb reported earlier.

Other tidbits gleaned from the brief appearance include the bundling -- in the beta, at least -- of the OneNote and InfoPath applications, as well as the inclusion of SharePoint Portal Server 2.0.

[Bush2000]

Most people can read more quickly than they can spot an icon and interpret its intended use.

I disagree. People are much more attuned to icons than text.

[Bush2000]

Glad to see that you agree that Microsoft is a ponzi scheme...

Clue: The whole stock market is a ponzi scheme, you dope. It doesn't reflect real value. It's a fantasy.

A $470 Billion valuation of Microsoft is absurd, but goes a long way in explaining M$'s outrageous licensing (which will ultimately doom the company)

I dunno. MS was one of the few companies in the software sector that made any money over the past couple years. Will they continue to make money in ten years? I don't know. But I wouldn't bet against a company with $40 to $50B in the bank and zero debt.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Context matters. If I have an alphabetized list of menu items, then I can find what I want quickly. Of course when hitting the section of the menu where everything is prefixed by "Microsoft" then the little picture may speed it up. I tend to study the icons on my toolbar for several seconds before picking what I want, expecially since the icons are so similar and the nuisance penalty of bringing up the wrong application is so great! I can't just nip in the bud an unintended invocation of something like Outlook -- not even with ctl-alt-delete unless I am familiar with the underlying executable name of the application -- I have to wait for it to come all the way up, then dismiss it.

[Bush2000]

Context matters. If I have an alphabetized list of menu items, then I can find what I want quickly.

Show me a popular application that alphabetizes their menus.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Your very own dahling-Window$ will allow right-click Sort by Name of many menus that invoke from the Start menu. It's a touch of sanity. I always sort after installing a new application. But why that isn't permitted from all other M$ pull down menus is beyond me.

[Bush2000]

Your very own dahling-Window$ will allow right-click Sort by Name of many menus that invoke from the Start menu. It's a touch of sanity. I always sort after installing a new application. But why that isn't permitted from all other M$ pull down menus is beyond me.

I said show me a popular application. Take your pick. Give me a Linux app, if you prefer. I'll wait.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Solaris configurable menus. You can put them in whatever order you want.

[DennisR]

Oh, I misunderstood. As far as I know, there is no way to get rid of those icons.

[Bush2000]

Solaris configurable menus. You can put them in whatever order you want.

I said a popular app. Not some dustbin relic.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Solaris is in use today wherever a SERIOUS operating system is needed. Like for, say, 1000 GB of Oracle.

[Bush2000]

Solaris is in use today wherever a SERIOUS operating system is needed. Like for, say, 1000 GB of Oracle.

I said "popular application" -- not operating system. Not that tough to understand.