<p>A faster Office upgrade cycle is warmly welcomed, but it will mean messier code and more bugs.</p><p>So it seems Microsoft has decided to move from updating Microsoft Office every two to three years to a whirlwind upgrade cycle measurable in weeks. This should result in some incredible hilarity as weirdness ensues.</p><p>The problem with Microsoft code is that it has mostly deteriorated to what people like to call spaghetti code, a patchwork quilt of subroutines. This means millions of lines of code with no overseer.</p><p>In the golden days of coding there was one person who literally knew and understood all the code. This person could say no to code coming in, knowing that it would introduce complications and ruin it. Many open-source projects still have overseers but Microsoft has either fired or promoted these people away, replacing them with managers looking for a way out.</p><p><a href="http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2418117,00.asp">Keep reading...</a></p>