Microsoft said Thursday in the US that it is making another slight delay to the planned arrival time for Office 2007, citing performance concerns with recent test versions.
Big Blue says it has a slimmed-down alternative to Microsoft Office that it will bundle into the next version of its portal software.
Microsoft has improved on an earlier offer to those who buy Office 2004 for Mac in the US before the new version of Office is released in January but have decided not to extended the offer to Australian customers.
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