Part of the solution to the problem is open standards and common data formats. Lack of competition tends to inhibit innovation. Single vendor lock-in serves to exclude competition. The upgrade cycle is essential to maintain single vendor lock-in. But the upgrade is essential to keep the cycle going. Letters expressing a mixture of love and hate for the ribbon have poured into Redmond magazine's mailbox.Each office suite on each desktop comes at a premium, with a word processor, a spreadsheet and a visual presentation tool, crammed with features that are never used, and demands an upgrade every other year to conform with the latest proprietary data format. Foley has heard complaints from readers about the ribbon UI. Veteran Microsoft blogger and Redmond magazine contributor Mary-Jo Foley noted the dismay. Microsoft made the switch from its old menu system, which is still found in Office 2003, because the old UI had become too sprawling as new features were added to Office. The menu commands on Microsoft's ribbon change depending on the document's context and what the user is doing. Many have found the Microsoft's ribbon UI to be confusing to use - at least initially. Sun's ribbon-like UI prototype for was greeted with dismay by Slashdot readers.
Microsoft Office 2007 currently costs about $300 retail for the Standard full edition. is an open source productivity suite that has applications similar to those found in Microsoft Office.
The prototype is not polished, but users can try it out now, according to a Sun blog. The UI prototype was announced by Sun's Project Renaissance team last week. News Sun Testing Ribbon-Like UI in Įngineers at Sun Microsystems rolled out a new user interface prototype for that looks like the "ribbon" UI found in Microsoft Office 2007.
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