Since when has Microsoft had a hit product before version 3? It's simply not in their corporate DNA.

Besides, I just recently saw a review of the newest Copilot for Excel by a serious spreadsheet jockey, and he was truly blown away. Basically, it knows everything Excel can do, how to do it, and it now truly understands numbers as numbers and when to use formulas, etc. etc. Basically, it went from smart automation to full on AI.

If Microsoft doesn't fall for short term thinking, the product will eventually succeed.