Office 07 and Vista work well together
if you have the right HW.
But fortunately for me I do not need nor care to use either.
I like Office 03 just fine. I do not like getting lost trying to figure out a function all over again in Outlook. I do not like trying to re-learn how to use Words basic functions. I do not like trying to figure out why the hell the system runs soooo very poorly when I have Off07 on Vista.
wait, I know the answer. It is because both Vista and Office are resource hogs. Having both on the same system causes it to slow down badly. XPSP2 and Off03 are hogs too, but tolerable.
Obviously you buy new HW often. good for you, helps the economy. But many people may not want to. Nor does Office 07 bring a real need for most users out there to upgrade and re-learn how to use it.
And since when is MS Office free? I do not recall it being free, if it was I would not have purchased a new copy of 03 for home last year. Hmmm. Something fishy...
So MS fanboy, is this how you think you are helping MS? By pirating their SW and telling everyone how wonderful it is?
Also, why rip on everyone who has a different opinion? HMMM? I use OpenOffice just fine, and it truly is free. I am writing this from OpenSUSE on my notebook as well. I do this because of MS's BS. And I have personally found that I like Linux and use it more than my XP box now. Cost of last years upgrade for XP and Off03 -- something like $500. Cost for OpenSUSE and OpenOffice -- $0
Ok, OO is a bit slower, and is missing some advanced functions. But it is hardly noticeable for what I use it for, and I can run it on a system with 256 MB RAM. Yes, that is right, 256 MB RAM. For this, XP would run slow, vista would be non-functional and adding MS Office to it would make me pull my hair out trying to type each letter.
So, my point, Get Over Yourself! Many people have many different needs or preferences. Yours is not the '1 size fits all' solution. As that solution has never worked well on anything.
