TUAW dives into Microsoft Office 2011 with reviews of the apps that make up the suite.
The legend lives on, in somewhat different form. The last time there was a version of Outlook for the Mac, it was Outlook 2001, it ran on Mac OS 9, and it only spoke MAPI (the legacy Exchange mail protocol). It lived alongside Office 2001, which already included Entourage for POP mail and contact/calendar management, so the writing was on the wall.
Once Mac OS X came along, Microsoft settled on