If you start typing an address you've used before, Outlook fills in the rest - a feature that Outlook Express has had for years. On the other hand, you still need Outlook Express to view Usenet newsgroups, those valuable public bulletin boards crammed with practical knowledge. Microsoft did exactly that with Entourage, its version of Outlook for Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh machines. Entourage also has a feature that tracks the e-mails you send to people in your address book. Outlook can be trained to do this, with considerable effort.
Entourage just does it.
I guess the Mac and Windows people don't speak to each other, even though the same guy signs their checks. But even if you threw in a few more features, you still end up with an office software suite that does almost exactly the same stuff as today's suites. Meanwhile, corporations are laying off thousands of employees and slashing their purchases of new computers and software. They've got to be sweating in Seattle. Despite the relentless hype surrounding Windows, Office is Microsoft's chief moneymaker.