In advance of the inevitable blogging orgy around Microsoft’s Office 10, only a couple of questions I’d like answered:

Will Office 10 work “better” in Internet Explorer, and will it require Silverlight to work?  It would be fascinating (and stupid) if Microsoft made that the case, but I suppose, perhaps, that its no different than Google OS working “better” in Chrome (although Google’s current applications do not use a web application framework like Silverlight).

The other silly one is that so far all signs point to it being “free” for web-versions of Office 10 — does that mean it’s Free, ONLY if you’ve a paid version of Office 10?  Because the last time I saw a paid version of Office is probably the last time I saw a paid version of Photoshop.

(Work and student-bought copies being the natural exception to the rule).