MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Mon Mar 10 11:59:36 CST 2003
I posted this off to several other people; might be of interest here. Thought some people would get a chuckle out of a pound of CD's http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/orderbeta.asp The beta kit's aforementioned 15 discs include a single disc holding Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Access, and individual CDs for FrontPage, Publisher, and two new apps, OneNote and InfoPath. The CDs also include Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows SharePoint Services, Windows SharePoint Portal Server 2.0, and Exchange Server 2003. There's also a separate disc for Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager. You may need a previously installed Sharepoint Server installed to get Sharepoint active. Otherwise known as Access 11 Beta software expires Dec 1 2003 Cost shipping and handling around $27 snail mail or $37 UPS plus whatever your customs tacks on The CDs also include Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows SharePoint Services, Windows SharePoint Portal Server 2.0, and Exchange Server 2003. There's also a separate disc for Outlook 2003 with Business Contact Manager, which is different from the stock version most everyone uses. What these server discs enable, and what makes Office 2003 special, are the collaboration features. Based on Microsoft's SharePoint technology, the suite enables users to collaborate on documents and hold meetings in ways not easily possible before. short blurb on installation http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2912398,00.html