Support clock ticks on Office for Mac 2011, but heir nowhere in sight

By Gregg Keizer | Computerworld/ Posted on June 26, 2014 The clock is ticking on support for Office for the Mac 2011, and there's no sign from Microsoft of a replacement.
According to the Redmond, Wash. company's lifecycle policy, Office for the Mac 2011 will fall off support on Jan. 12, 2016, or slightly more than 18 months from now. Although Microsoft supports the Windows suite for 10 years, it provides fixes and security patches for the Mac edition for only five.
In February, Computerworld examined the historical pace of Office for Mac releases, and the lag between Windows and Mac product launches. The average time between Office for Mac editions -- going back as far as Office v. X -- has been 1,088 days, and the average span between Windows and Mac suites, with the latter always following the much-more-popular former, has been 188 days.
 
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