Microsoft Office 2000 bowing out

[dr.nil]

The coming months will be certainly marked by the emergence of the successors of certain key products from Microsoft, as Windows 7 and Office, but they also sound the death knell for other versions. While the Technical Preview of Office 2010 is already on track, due to a selection of testers in the coming weeks, Office 2000 is about to take him to his reverence.

Increased support being extended in June 2004, the date from which the public could no longer get updates for free, the 2000 edition of Microsoft office suite is no longer supported as of 14 July 2009. New vulnerabilities that could be detected from this date will only be over corrected, but the knowledge base on this software is still in line for several years.

[The Hollow]

I think this is the right strategy taken by the Microsoft, as they releasing new products they want people to move on with them. Microsoft has also cleared the support for the XP will be only till 2014. They smartly promoting Windows 7 and other new products.