OWC To be discontinued

[Andrew]

In case you are not aware, Office Web Components will be discontinued
(ie no further development and will not be included in Office 2007).
For a roadmap, see
http://blogs.msdn.com/excel/archive/2006/07/17/668544.aspx. Mainstream
support for OWC 11 (Office 2003) ends 2011.

Microsoft is offering Excel (web) Services instead (requires Sharepoint
2007 server).

 

[Josh Sale]

Thanks Andrew for the link. This really sucks!

josh

 

[Alvin Bruney [MVP]]

interesting blog discussion. the most telling i thought was that excel
services won't run in isolation - not totally true given that the technology
is based on asp.net, but there is the sticky issue of the CAL which will
force that to be true. if you look at the big picture, the lack of OWC
support will create a vacuum to be filled by 3rd party controls. and that's
poor for end users because 3rd party controls bring their proprietory
standards making it difficult for clients to move data between apps - it
probably sets us back 5 years or so.

--
________________________
Warm regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
Professional VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley
The O.W.C. Black Book with .NET
www.lulu.com/owc, Amazon
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/blogs/alvin