Outlook 2010 sucks…and it hasn’t even been released yet…[Fail Whale sighting]

Many of you whom are proficient in web standards, or at least know what they are, know that the last year or so has been full of hype by various browser development teams as to the speed and ability to adhere to web standards know that Microsoft and their ugly step child, Internet Explorer are usually at the bottom of the totem pole. Shifting to a slightly different market, Outlook has been one of Microsoft’s greatest achievements in terms of email application marketshare as corporations worldwide have latched on the now standard application. However, just because it’s popular doesn’t mean it’s the best. Similarly, the new version of office in development, Outlook 2010, shouldn’t be automatically considered better than previous iterations — because it isn’t. Am I saying that Microsoft is going backwards with a new product?