Office 2003 Leaks Onto Web

Corporations and organizations which bought into Microsoft's maintenance program, Software Assurance, as well as subscribers to its Microsoft Developer Network, will be able to download Office 2003 and the OneNote stand-alone application starting Monday, Sept. 15, Microsoft said.

Although Microsoft had originally announced that Office 2003 would be available for downloading Oct. 1, the Redmond, Wash.-based developer moved up the date because customers wanted a jump on evaluating the suite.

Office 2003 will be available in retail starting Oct. 21, and may show on new systems from PC makers later this month.

Among the sites touting the leak of Office 2003 to the Internet's IRC was ExtremeXP, which also posted several screenshots of the new application bundle.

This story courtesy of TechWeb.