"In line with Microsoft's standard Support Lifecycle policy, Office 2004 for Mac Mainstream Support will be retired October 13, 2009," Microsoft said in a statement. "The MacBU is continuing to work on updates for Office 2008 for Mac and is hard at work on the next version of Office for Mac." Because Microsoft has a standard policy of retiring its software approximately five years and three months after introduction, Office 2008 has until April of 2013 before it heads to the grave.

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