Office 2010 at Release Candidate Status -- Redmond Channel Partner

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Office 2010 at Release Candidate Status

We still think of cola when we hear the letters "RC," but if you're thirsting for knowledge on the forthcoming version of Microsoft's big moneymaker, you can take a sip or two here. (Heh, we carried that whole beverage thing all the way though the sentence. Not bad. Not bad.)

Posted by Lee Pender on February 04, 2010

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