Microsoft Office 2007 is not brilliant start

65% of the information technology director for the "next year plan to upgrade to Office 2007?" Answer to this question is "no", Merrill Lynch attributed to Office 2007 this complex server-based features, it said in a report, Office of the lack of compelling applications, XML-based technology in the new technology more widely before the occupation, the upgrade cycle will be gradual.
A Microsoft representative said, Office 2007 sales met our initial expectations, much higher than the initial sales performance. He said that customers always want to ensure value for money procurement of software, Microsoft Office responsibility is to show them the value, which is what we do in the OfficeSystem. We are convinced that as more business-OfficeSystem assessment, they will discover the value.
Results in line with the release of Office 2007's expected, analysts pointed out at that time, making full use of XML features and other server-based tool, companies need a large amount of testing and resource planning. Microsoft market research firm Research analyst Paul said, 35 percent of the survey results will be upgraded with the purchase of a significant proportion of Microsoft's licensing business, he said, these companies will soon use OfficeSystem the improvements made by individual application . To take advantage of server-based features in OfficeSystem, companies need 6-12 months to the existing IT infrastructure, the appropriate changes.