Windows Office 2007 <-> Mac Office 2004 Converters

The MacBu talks about their plan for converters for documents written in the new version of Windows Office 2007 here. The converters will convert these files to and from the Mac Office 2004 format. If you read the comments, the MacBu is taking a lot of heat for delivering these “late”. I understand why users are frustrated, but some of the comments are overly harsh. I’m still surprised by the “evil” and “idiots” comments, and the amount of emotion here is just plain nuts. At least from my point of view (but I guess I’d be part of the problem from some of the commenter’s point of view). I think its easy to point fingers and be angry. I think its harder to really understand the issues at hand and have a reasonable semblance of patience or understanding. Read the comments and please go easy if you want to chime in. Or not.