I don't put the blame all on MS. Lets face it, MS' biggest customer is corporate. And they never EVER want to see change. They expect Word to be able to open fi

I don't put the blame all on MS. Lets face it, MS' biggest customer is corporate. And they never EVER want to see change. They expect Word to be able to open files dating back to ancient times (like Works and Word Perfect files). So MS left the old libraries in. I do think that was a mistake. But MS didn't (doesn't) have the luxury that Apple did (and still does). MS can't just shut 30 years of compatibility off and expect to keep their corporate customers happy. Oh and just for the record (since this thread seems to be grouped by age, I was born in 1963. I remember when MS was cool and "us" nerds were running from CA and IBM.