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Microsoft Office 2010 reaches release candidate milestone
Posted by Sharon Pian Chan
Microsoft Office 2010 has reached the release candidate milestone.
A new version of the software -- which includes Microsoft's office productivity software Word, Powerpoint and Excel -- was given to customers in the company's technology adoption program.
The stages in sausage making for Microsoft are: beta, release candidate, release to manufacturing, launch. The launch is scheduled for June, and Microsoft says it does not expect sales of Office to materially impact third-quarter earnings, which probably means the realease will be close to June 30.
Microsoft put out a statement, "This is one of Microsoft’s planned milestones in the engineering process; however they do not have plans to make this new code set available broadly." The statement does not elaborate on who "they" are.
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