Thank you Le Cactus for the news.

Microsoft on Wednesday inadvertently provided developers and enterprise customers with early access to the second testing version of the next version of Office, known as Office 2003.
Sources confirmed that the reason why msdn subscribers got beta 2 before the technical beta testers was becuase MSDN jumped the gun as the cds have not even been manufactured yet.

Office 2003 Beta 2 was posted on the Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site on Wednesday, with access available to individuals or businesses subscribing to the service. Microsoft later removed the software.