Microsoft revealed today that Office 2019 will ship in the second half of 2018, and will run exclusively on Windows 10.
Microsoft's General Manager for Windows, Bernardo Caldas, and General Manager for Office, Jared Spataro announced changes to Office and Windows servicing and support today.
[...] Office 2019 applications will only be supported on a limited number of Windows client and server operating system versions. In particular, Office 2019 will only be supported on the following systems:
- Any supported Windows 10 SAC (Semi-Annual Channel) release.
- Windows 10 Enterprise Long Term Servicing Channel 2018.
- The next Long Term Servicing Channel release of Windows Server.
Unless I'm misreading Microsoft's announcement, Office 2019 won't be available for Windows 8.1 or Windows 7, or older Server versions.
[...] The company plans to support Office 2019 for five years of mainstream support and about two years of extended support.
[...] Office 2019 support will end around the same time that Office 2016 ends. It is unclear why Microsoft made the decision; one explanation is that the company plans to move all-in in regards to Office 365 and Office in the cloud and that 2025 may be the year Microsoft might make that switch.
(Score: 2) by mendax on Saturday February 03 2018, @10:53AM (1 child)
In my opinion, Windows 10 will be to Office 2019 is what shit is to flies. More expensive bloatware that most people really don't need if they would only learn to use the open source alternatives, combined with a hideous operating system I can't stand to use. I use LibreOffice and it's excellent. I admit it also is bloatware and takes forever to load on my Mac but it's free.
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 03 2018, @11:21PM
While true, 'most people' will just use what comes on their PC from the store, and will think of the monthly fee to keep it alive like their phone or internet bill. People have been conditioned enough to accept full-cloud hardware. ( os, apps, connectivity )
I see all the major ISPs leasing full machines now, that are locked down with TPM.. ( perhaps even only allowing their machines on home service contracts ) Hey, now that net neutrality is in the trash, who is to stop them?