Microsoft and innovation

In the area of innovations, Microsoft may be remembered for debuting the "spider plot" with the forthcoming Excel 2007 release.  John S., a long-time reader, tipped me to this link, which contains an awe-inspiring display of engineering talent...

John said he "has never seen anything quite as ugly" and I have to concur.  I keep thinking of a gigantic spider with myriad legs.  Maybe I'm just being fantastical.  Three-dimensional plots are frequently untenable; this one is impossible.

Further, lurking behind the spider plot is a multi-colored table with numbers to 5 decimal places, each data graphic rivalling the other in terms of incomprehensibility.