Microsoft accidentally posts Office 2003 beta 2
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft posted the second beta of Office 2003 to its Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site on Wednesday, only to pull it a few hours later. "A copy of the second beta was inadvertently posted yesterday. It was subsequently pulled because it is not ready for customers," a Microsoft spokeswoman in Europe said Thursday. "We expect the beta 2 to ship in March." Microsoft won't specify how many MSDN subscribers downloaded the beta, saying only that it was "a very low number."
With the posting, Microsoft also confirmed Office 2003 as the name for the successor to Office XP, dropping the Office 11 code name. IDG News Service first reported the name change last week.