As stated, the codename for the upcoming release of Office, currently slated for a 2009/2010 release timeframe, is Office 14. Extending on the mention of superstition in the description of this article, in response to a comment regarding Office 13 in a TechNet radio chat in December of 2006, Eric Vigesaa, Program Manager for Office system client applications, stated well, 13 is unlucky, so were calling it Office 14, so the next time someone wants to question Microsofts belief in superstition, one need not question any further. Naturally, with the beginning of a project comes planning and in the world Microsoft lives in, it takes money to make the planning come alive; LOTS of it, so just how much is Microsoft committing to spend on Office 14? 20% in R&D funding than Office 12 with total R&D expenditure expected to be around $930 million PER YEAR!
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