Microsoft is doing a radical makeover of the Office as we have known with Office 2007. In the process, though, it is placing a huge bet on the future: Who will rule the desktops in the future?

Over the last few decades, mankind (the computing literate one) has been divided into two factions, namely Mac and PC. The ardent cohort of one group will be often found deriding the other.

The debate on which system (Apple Mac or Microsoft PC) is more superior and easy to use has been going on for quite sometime. At the very center of this debate are the operating system and its applications.

Somehow, Mac has been idolized for friendly user interface (UI) and robust applications. Despite having the overwhelming numbers, purists have shunned Microsoft Windows and Office applications as being far too complex.

So, when the giant at Redmond releases Office 2007 on November 30th, it could be trying to right that what has been around for so long? It could be a kind of admission that, probably — just probably — we were not so good after all….

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