According to The Inquirer, Rachel Bondi, general manager of Microsoft Office, can scarcely contain her excitement at the number of people who are downloading the Microsoft Office 2010 beta:

“it’s a rate of more than 40,000 downloads per day. That’s approximately twice the number of people who run the Boston Marathon each year, or the entire population of Olympia, WA, or Annapolis, MD, downloading the Office 2010 beta every day!”

It’s also less than 20% of the number of people who download OpenOffice.org every day, based on the most conservative measure. Rachel, if that’s the best you can do for Microsoft in the 2010 office software stakes, I’d suggest you should get your CV up to date. I’d encourage your colleagues in Microsoft HR to get their skates on and recruit that Linux and Open Office Compete Lead – looks like they are badly needed.

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