RE: The worst thing I can say about MS is they changed the interface on Office on version 2007 and won’t let you go back
You’re now on to something when it comes to the Microsoft hate... and it is this, they will FORCE you to updgrade to their latest version of a piece of software or toll that you are so used to using by making it INCOMPATIBLE with the previous version.
In the world of Software Developers, they also have a knack of announcing with great fanfare that Development Tool X will be the latest and greatest tool that they have and will support for many years, make you invest your time and money mastering that tool, and then a year or two later, tell you that they’re abandoning the concept for another one.
THAT is why I HATE Microsoft. They’re annoying and waste my time.
I still run Office 97, nobody has knocked at my door and made me upgrade. Installed fine on Win 98, Win XP and now Win 7.