Microsoft delayed Intel-Native Office 2008 for Mac Again

In a post to the Mac Mojo Blog of the Mac Business Unit, new MacBU General Manager Craig Eisler, announced another significant delay in the release of the Intel-native Office 2008 for Mac. The Office 2008 demo looked pretty good at Macworld 2007. The Office 2008 was slated to be out in the Spring. THen came the delay to the fall of 2007 and finally this delay until January 2008. At least the name and the date will match.

Unfortunately, the delay means that the Office Open XML Converters for Mac Office 2004 and v.X are also delayed until after January 2008.

We think Microsoft needs some healthy competition in the marketplace to help keep its products on track. [Dana Baggett & Bill Fox]