So it turns out that 2003 does not support integration with blogs, however, 2007 does.
And if you go through the MS 2007 set of demos you’ll discover that a lot of their products support tighter integration with the web-o-sphere.
I believe that thick clients deliver an interactive experience that is fundamentally superior to the web experience. However, the web-experience provides a way to seemlessly publish information on the internet.
The only vendor who would be capable of delivering the integration of the two is Microsoft, which they appear to have done.
I really can’t wait to try Office 2007.