>It would have been nice if Microsoft had at least made the ribbon bar optional and allowed people to revert to the old interface. The whole debate would disapp

>It would have been nice if Microsoft had at least made the ribbon bar optional and allowed people to revert to the old interface. The whole debate would disappear if you could choose the UI you prefer and be done with it. Don't underestimate the cost of having to support two sets of UIs and to provide training for that as well. Ultimately a unified UI works best, at least for organizations, which are Microsoft's biggest customers.