Microsoft is licensing the new user interface (UI) in Office 2007 for 
free so developers can build applications that look similar to the 
programs in the suite, the company says.

Microsoft is licensing both design and functionality of Office 2007's 
RibbonX UI, as well as offering guidelines for implementing it, 
through a new programme, says Takeshi Numoto, Microsoft general 
manager for Office Client. Developers and ISVs (independent software 
vendors) can sign up with Microsoft on the web and register products 
that will use the UI.

        http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/NL/73A9A9F1B7C3417FCC25722E000EAB28

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