Office 2010 due in June?

Neowin reports that the next version of Office, Office 2010, is scheduled for release in June. Their article doesn’t name the source, but it sounds very authoritative to my jaded eye. Er, ear.

Office 2010 will be released in six different flavours, including a free version that includes Microsoft Word and Excel, but comes with limited functionality and includes advertisements.

That agrees with what I’ve heard.

Neowin also has a good overview of the new features. I’m not absolutely bowled over by any of them, but the ability to have a menu-like interface rings my Office-experienced chimes.

But I’ll have to confess that my immediate reaction is, “we waited three years for this?”