"In line with Microsoft's standard Support Lifecycle policy, Office 2004 for Mac Mainstream Support will be retired October 13, 2009," Microsoft said in a statement to Macworld. "The MacBU is continuing to work on updates for Office 2008 for Mac and is hard at work on the next version of Office for Mac." Because Microsoft has a standard policy of retiring its software approximately five years and three months after introduction, Office 2008 has until April of 2013 before it heads to the grave.
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