Office 2007 style ribbon control for WPF applications

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Cool! I today learned that a software company named Actipro Software has developed an Office 2007 style ribbon control that is available to be used in WPF applications. The solution includes a solution of about 15 Microsoft-licensed controls that mimic the Office 2007 interface almost completely.

If I'd be looking to develop ribbon user interfaces into my own WPF applications, it would be worthwhile to investigate this component. However, in the long run I would assume Microsoft would release the APIs to develop similar user interfaces as part of the .NET SDK kits. The future will of course tell whether this will be true or not.