Future of Microsoft Office
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
Although Microsoft Office generates one-third to one-half of the software giant's revenue each year, Microsoft is concerned about slowing sales of the last two releases, Office 2003 and Office XP. To jumpstart Office revenues, the company is reviving some older, previously abandoned strategies, such as subscription Web services, as it copes with an interim Office release, Office 12. Until recently, Microsoft had planned to launch Office 12 with the desktop version of Longhorn, the often-delayed next major Windows version.