Why Microsoft is still a growth stock?

Interesting read from Barron's by ERIC J. SAVITZ: Sweet Future: Why Microsoft is Still a Growth Stock” 

One of the reasons why I post this article is this paragraph:

“Precursor's Whyman contends there could be more life than people think in the company's Office applications suite. He believes the Office business can morph into more than the familiar set of word-processing, spreadsheet and presentation tools, turning into a front-end for reaching out across the network into databases and enterprise applications, both inside a corporate network and outside. "That's where they're going with this, and it's not just vaporware," he says. "I see Office becoming a front-end smart client, becoming a higher-priced enterprise product that can grow more quickly."...

Can someone spell I...B...F?