Bloomberg Businessweek - June 14 - 20, 2010

The Office 2010 suite offers a lot. But beating Google is another matter

Microsoft (MSFT) is finally getting the hang of this software thing. After years of problematic products that tarnished its reputation and at a time when its model of prepackaged, locally installed software is under unprecedented assault from Web-based alternatives, the company is showing signs it can respond to the mortal threats it faces.

First came last fall's Windows 7—the clean, stable successor to the unlamented Vista operating system—which finally gave businesses and consumers a compelling reason to upgrade their existing setups. Now comes a new version of the company's other great cash cow, Microsoft Office, which improves the world's most widely used productivity software.

More... http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_25/b4183074406706.htm?chan=magazine+channel_etc.