New proof Office 14 slated for 2009

Despite the fact that Microsoft has but to release a public test construct of Workplace 14, it's monitoring to get a 2009 release and will likely be named Workplace 2009.Microsoft didn;t problem a press release announcing its strategies. The truth is, the enterprise continues to be steadfast in refusing to offer a date for when the next edition of its Office family members will ship. A number of previous leaks have pointed to 2009 as the target date, yet.The latest data on Workplace 14;s scheduled ship date comes from Microsoft;s Podcast for SharePoint (PKS) Q&A about the CodePlex site. From the Q&A (which I expect Microsoft to edit shortly after I post this, so as to remove references to 2009):Q: What features of PKS will be part of SharePoint 2009?
A: The SharePoint 2009 feature set has not been publicly disclosed yet. We know the video storage story will be improved.Q: Tagging is a future SharePoint feature - how would that future feature be compatible with the custom one developed here?
A: The answer is unknown at this point and can be better understood when the first public release of SharePoint 2009 is available.Update: As predicted, the references to SharePoint 2009 are now gone. There;s now a note addressed to me about the Q&A site. Make of it what you will. It says: Note to Mary Jo: honest mistake on my part, this Q&A is a transcript of a LiveMeeting conversation with our TAP customers… I should have corrected the SharePoint 2009 reference and for mysterious reasons haven;t, so thanks for pointing it out!
I honestly have no idea how the following release of sharepoint will be named. I promise. Thanks for your interest in PKS. Cheers, LudoI;ve heard recently that private builds of Workplace 14 are circulating among external Microsoft customers and partners. The Office team traditionally holds its code close to the vest and doesn;t release public betas until the feature set is set in stone.The newest date proof has me wondering whether Microsoft will attempt to launch Windows 7 and Office 14 in tandem in late 2009. I had been hearing that the two products might launch separately in the next go-around. But if both end up ready to ship in 2009, who knows?Do you think Microsoft should ship Workplace 14 and Windows 7 together? Will the release timing of these products affect your deployment plans?