The ribbon is evil.
To me, this reveals a M$ lock-in strategy; if they can force enough existing users to familiarise themselves with the ribbon while ensuring that they recruit the fresh kiddies to this interface, they make OOo &c unfamiliar, "dated" and as annoyingly unusable as the ribbon currently is.
This obviously extends beyond just Word, or Office; it is a bid to discourage new users from becoming familiar with current, standard (one could similise QWERTY) interaction methods, and as long as M$ can simultaneously convert enough existing M$O users, they can hope to make the OOo (and Google docs &c) menu interface outdated, unattractive, uncomfortable or even unusable to their future market.
The ribbon is evil.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
