One of the tabs is called "Write". Can we sue them? That's suspciously close 
to the word "Writer," which of course is a part of the OpenOffice.org suite. 
In fact it is only one letter off. MS sued "Lindows" (and won) and their 
name was only one letter off. :-)

-Chad Smith

On 9/13/05, Benjamin Horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> I couldn't really get a feel for it from the screenshots (plus they were 
> slashdotted so I just saw the thumbnails).
> 
> However, I think a palette-based interface is a superior option, like 
> Adobe and Macromedia and others use in their applications. (In particular, I 
> think that OmniGraffle has a great interface: 
> http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/4/ I don't really like 
> the drawers in Mac OS X, but that palette on the right of the application is 
> really nice to use.)
> 
> On the other hand, a radical UI change in MS Office could drive people to 
> OpenOffice, since it will seem much more familiar to them... And there's the 
> very long lead time also working to our advantage.
> 
> Ben
> 
> On Tuesday, September 13, 2005, at 04:46PM, Deepankar Datta <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >First seen on Slashdot, the new ('different') UI for Office 12. It
> >looks like a fairly radical change
> >
> >http://pdc.xbetas.com/?page=o12preview1
> 
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