Common Sense in Technology Design & Implementation

Wow, what an incredible change/upgrade of the user interface. I am talking about the MS Office 200o suite. It begs a question - why? And, where's the simplicity that MS is so famous for.

Isn't this a big risk? The first reaction that I have seen is people being put off, including me. I never had that reaction to any radical design change to any product, but this time it just lost me. It's a struggle to find functionality, that I so used to finding it all in one view.

Is it wrong? No! But, is it exaperating? Yes!!!