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July 1, 2009
US Adoption Picture (as of mid 2009)
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Group/Sector |
Ratio |
Remarks |
| 0 |
Consumers New Purchase |
100% |
De facto choice, as installed, or as available at retail for
purchase since end of 2006 |
| 1 |
Consumers Install Base |
35% |
Still many legacy Office 2K/XP/2003 around, with new 2007 added |
| 2 |
Very Sm Biz - Unmanaged |
30% |
Operate like Consumers. Less incentive. More budgetary pressure due
to scaling (qty). But unable to provide logistical solutions. |
| 3 |
IT Managed Sm Biz |
10% |
Fully able to move forward or hold back as optimal for operational
concerns. Not-at-all dictated by vendor's schedule. Able to supply
logistical know-how and tools to implement hybrid/legacy setup as
needed. Favor simplicity and lower expenditure. Not interested in latest
features. |
| 4 |
IT Managed Med Biz |
25% |
Operate like #3, but with larger budget, and more tech savvy,
appreciate new features. Greater need for advanced features, due to
organization complexity. |
| 5 |
Large Corp |
50% |
Major incentives: superior Outlook/Exchange features. In-house
developed solutions based on Word/Excel/PP 2007 feature sets. Typically
have pre-allocated funding, and on-going upgrade contract in-place. Cost
is not a concern. |
Timeline
- Office 2007
- released since end of 2006 (3 years ago)
- Office 2003
- discontinued since April 2007 (28 months of 2007-only sales).
- Mainstream support ended 4/14/2009.
- EOL 4/8/2014.
- Office 2000
- Mainstream support ended 6/30/2004
- EOL 7/14/2009
Compatibility Status & Notes
- All 4 versions: Office 97, 2000, XP(2002), 2003, use the same Office 97
file format. Only features and user interfaces are different.
- Office 2007 uses the new format by default. Can be configured to default
to old format, with reduction in functions.
- The new format has been adopted by various government agencies
world-wide as their official standard document format, as it is legally an
open standard. The old format was proprietary.
- New format is compressed and generally much smaller. Also supports
encryption.
- Even with compatibility mode configured, many documents would still end
up saving in new format, for many reasons (too numerous to list).
- Users of Office 2003 may download and install an free package to provide
conversion capability.
- NOTE: It is a converter feature add-on, not an upgrade.
- It makes it possible to open the new format, but not support any of
the new features
- Of course, all newer versions are fully backward compatible, supporting
older formats and features.
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