Instead of simplifying the suite or revving the individual applications, Microsoft has added to it. Since people generally use only one to three of the core applications, I wonder about that approach. I use Word every day, PowerPoint once a week and Excel almost never. Having Office Manager load every time I boot my PC is a nuisance. Of course, Office is much more than just personal productivity applications.
Several iterations contain serious development tools as well as the standard packages.
Its last upgrade was during the country's first presidential impeachment, or so it seems. PowerPoint is similarly priced, while Word is a bit less expensive. A market that size could sustain two dozen thriving versions, but we have only five to choose from. Microsoft concedes that it faces slower growth but won't budge on the price of the new version. Let me know in the talkback below.