Microsoft has deployed the flux-capacitor to get 2010 here a month or so early. The Year We Make Contact is also the same year that the next version of Microsoft Office is due. The Beta out now for public consumption is a 760MB download and looks to be following the successful Window 7 model of getting so many people to download and try it that they will rush out an buy it.
In addition to Office 2010 there is also the SharePoint 2010 Beta available for download.
