Office 2008 and NeoOffice 2.1 Announced

Two press releases have been issued within the last 2 days and looks like to be the beginning of a fight between 2 competitors.
The first announcement is related to the availability of Mac Office 2008 expected for S2 2007. It will be the first Universal binary-based version of Microsoft Mac Office Suite and is already announced as being a major evolution when compared to Office 2004. It will be based on Win Office 2007 graphical engine, while retaining all Mac identity and specificities initiated with Mac Office 2004. This new version will support the new Office Open XML format, the patch allowing easy exchange of office files between Mac and PC is still expected for Q1 2007. Rumors around dropping VBA macros in Mac Office were not confirmed, but when contacted the MBU announced that one will be able to perform the same actions via AppleScript. We will lose compatibility with PC files, but it might be simpler to develop macros via AppleScript.
The second announcement is related to the growing competitor for Mac Office, aka NeoOffice 2.1. The new version is expected for March, 27th. As an answer to Microsoft decision, it will support VBA macros as well as Office Open XML. The user will have the choice between both format, Open Document (plug-ins for Microsoft Office will be available) and Open XML compatible with Microsoft Office or OpenOffice (and its derivates as NeoOffice).