"We want to have an element of surprise with what we're going to deliver."

That's cool. Even though I feel a little played for falling for the hype (careful, people, you can only do that so many times), overall I do really feel they'll do something interesting and constructive together. Of course an event like this is only interesting because it makes a good story, a story about ganging up on Microsoft. The thing is, Microsoft is moving on, too. Everybody seems to be singing the same tunes these days on some of these issues. Microsoft is trying to challenge Office, too!