Microsoft ships Office 12 beta 1
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Wednesday night, Microsoft announced that it had shipped the Beta 1 version of its next office productivity suite, currently called Office 12, to beta testers. Office 12 Beta 1 is a closed beta, open only to technical beta testers and partners, according to the company. At the Professional Developers Conference 2005 in September, however, Microsoft had promised to open up the Office 12 beta to the public. That public release will now occur in early 2006 with the release of Beta 2, Microsoft says.