Office 2010: Portable Office apps coming your way!

[Tripredacus]

I've been going about my Office 2010 training (self-paced) and came across some interesting info. Of course I can't tell you it verbatim, but fortunately there is some info on Social with a hint:

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/officesetupdeploy/thread/4615d7bf-27f6-4b5d-b2ec-1480ef8a5214

Basically, if you have a computer with Office 2010 Starter installed, you will have an option (via Office To-Go) to install portable Office apps on a USB Key. I figured someone here might like that idea.

[MrJinje]

Any idea if this is going to be another file based failure (thousands of small files) like all the other Microsoft portable app attempts, or will this actually compete with ThinApp and run via a single .exe bundle ?

Edited May 24, 2010 by MrJinje

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

This might entice a few more users to purchase the new Office bundles. I wonder if there are (probably not, or it would cost at least another $500) any options to upgrade from Office 2003?