While I’m aware that many users are annoyed with Microsoft Office 2007′s new ribbon interface, I did not anticipate how much anger I would stir up by penning a post in its defense.

They have no familiarity with command lines and scripts. They think Linux is a Peanuts character.

A few months back, I wrote about a schoolteacher whose administration upgraded the entire faculty to Office 2007, but failed to offer them training or support. Not only was her employer letting her down, I argued in the piece, the administration was wasting the money it dumped into the software investment.

Office 2007 doesn’t really suck, I stated; it’s just misunderstood. Read more…

Jenny Sweeney Office 2007 Linux, Office 2007