Do you do any research before writing this FUD? NW should upgrade its writers since it is obvious this is just a filler piece. MS's change was a move to protect one of their cash cows. Look back on the history of their office releases you will see this. Novell just won a decision that they can proceed in suit against MS going back to Word Perfect days when MS used its Windows position to get Advantage in the other areas it was trying to conquer.