SharePoint 2007 Product Pricing is Coming Soon

I got an email from Shane earlier today with this link about how the pricing for Office 2007 should be available in November of this year.  This apparently also means that the product release is not too far behind.  Great news to my ears!!  Why you might ask? Well for starters:

1. I am working on active projects related to the platform which means that things are stabilizing and we are rocking out and ready for launch.  In fact, I am very much impressed at how much we are able to accomplish with working on a mere Beta 2 release of the product. 
2. The release of official pricing information and an official launch date is something I can share with customers.  I did a webcast today where one of the first questions was related to…when is 2007 coming and what are the licensing implications.  I love my customers and therefore look forward to a time when I am adequately able to answer their questions on such things.  Something feels false about saying…well by the way things are looking now…
3. I can start transitioning into 100% demos and projects on new platform.  I’m sorry but I love new technology and WSSv3 / MOSS 2007 is a dream to work with.  So you cannot blame me for wanting to move 100% into fulfulling it’s demand.  I loved v2 / 2003 (note: see the first 3 years of posts on this blog if you have any doubt) but I want to move ahead to the next version now.

The other cool thing about this post was the reference to Chris Capossela.  This is a man I have much respect for.  Not because he is the VP of a major business group within Microsoft and grand pubba of all that is information worker.  But what I appreciate the most is that he does his own demos of the applications he represents.  I have always been a believer in the Lead by Example practice and I think this is a perfect showcase. 

It is one thing for someone to say they believe in a set of applications that empower the information worker force.  It is a completely other thing to stand in front of thousands of people (see Tech Ed 2006) and conduct your own demonstrations because you have taken the time to learn the applications yourself and recognize how they benefit the real people they were intended for. 

My 2 biggest beefs come from those that a) consider themselves too technical to learn how to use the tools that enable us all to work together and communicate more efficiently and b) those that consider themselves too important to learn how to share information. 

Capossela obviously brought his ticket for the IW train and I am definitely onboard!  PS… the IW train comes approximately 5 minutes before the cluetrain at most major stations.  In case you were wondering…

Update: Here is an interesting 60 minute video on Capossela and his career path through Microsoft - very cool guy!

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