> The first version of Office for windows [...] is from 1998. [...] 9 years, vs 13 for the ribbon interface. You are not even close to right. Excel for Windows

> The first version of Office for windows [...] is from 1998. [...] 9 years, vs 13 for the ribbon interface. You are not even close to right. Excel for Windows is from 1987 (20 years with non-ribbon menus), Word for Windows is from 1989 (18 years with non-ribbon menus). And of course the menu bar paradigm itself is older still.