As the discussion turned to security issues I was reminded of a security issue I pointed out to a colleague back in, well, I believe it was the first half of the 90′s. The issue: the attack vector brought about by speaker-independent voice recognition. The scenario: the disgruntled office worker running through the cubicle farm, shouting “File. Close. No! File. Close. No!”

It amuses me to think that perhaps the new ribbon-and-pearl command structure of Office 2007 apps has gone a long way in negating that issue.