Back in September, I posted a story regarding a mention of Office 15 having a tentative release date set for 2013. The comment I referenced made note of a feature that would not be available to SharePoint developers until such a release (WF 4 is the feature). Well, albeit a very minor mention in passing, I just stumbled upon a mention of Office 15 right on Microsoft’s site. It’s from Kolby Hoover, who, ironically, is the Program Manager for Microsoft SharePoint Designer. When asked by Microsoft PressPass, “[w]hat is a typical day like for you,” Kolby responded in part with the following:

Other days I’m wearing my thinking hat, opening my mind and dreaming of the questions and problems that we’ll need to tackle in Office 15.

Comments like that never cease to get my brain churning. I can’t help but wonder what folks like Kolby have on their mind when they say things like that. Office 2010 is shaping up to be a fine product in its own right, but as I said, it’s ironic to note that both Office 15-related comments I’ve come across so far have had some link with SharePoint. Perhaps the O15 release will be somewhat of the holy grail for SharePoint devs? Whatever it ends up being, it has a lot of time to get there.

For the sake of archival purposes (since there’s always a chance they may remove things like this from the site), here is a screen shot of the interview up through the mention of Office 15:

Source: Microsoft PressPass

-Stephen
http://www.msftkitchen.com