• Read Write Web, Thursday, January 7, 2010 3:42 PM

Breaking all previous records, more than 2 million consumers have downloaded the beta for Microsoft Office 2010 over the past seven weeks, which leads a seemingly cynical ReadWriteWeb to ask: "In the face of so many free options, why are people so loyal to Microsoft Office?" Well, the name "Office" might say it all, i.e., the software remains an enterprise standard nationwide, or as one consumer says: "A lot of the free options simply aren't suitable for corporate use."

Still, Microsoft should be worrying about the mobile arena, where it has so far failed to establish itself, and which most analysts predict will make up an ever larger share of the digital universe. Writes ReadWriteWeb: "This is where we wonder about how the events over the past few days (from Google's Nexus One to Apple's imminent tablet announcement) may affect the future of Microsoft Office."

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