OFFICE FOR MAC 2008 COMPATIBILITY WINDOWS

Microsoft extended support for Office for Mac 2004 to allow its users, many of whom relied on Visual Basic-based macros, time to migrate to the impending Office for Mac 2011, which launched in October 2010. 'This extension does not change the five-year support policy for other Office for Mac products, including future versions,' a senior product manager said then. But Microsoft's last-minute reprieve of Office for Mac 2004 was a one-time deal, as the MacBU made plain at the time. The speedy retirement of Office for Mac 2008 is not new: Users faced the same five-year support lifespan for Office for Mac 2004, which was shut down in January 2012.Īdmittedly, that was over two years later than the original deadline.

For consumer software, meanwhile, it states: 'Microsoft will offer Mainstream Support for either a minimum of 5 years from the date of a product's general availability, or for 2 years after the successor product (N+1) is released, whichever is longer.' 'Microsoft will offer a minimum of 10 years of support for Business and Developer products,' the company says. On its support lifecycle FAQ, Microsoft explains support for business and consumer software. At the same time it categorizes all editions of Office on OS X as consumer products.

OFFICE FOR MAC 2008 COMPATIBILITY WINDOWS

For some reason, Microsoft considers all editions of Office for Windows as business products, no matter that some - like Home and Student - cannot be used for commercial purposes.

Office for mac 2008 compatibility