An ideal solution for many small business environments, it's ideally suited for life outside the traditional office -- such as the portables found on many construction sites or for fieldsalesreps that commute from location to location, visiting the home office only occasionally.
Chuang won't know how he is doing with 8.1 until the end of the fiscal quarter--that's when most large deals close in software--but says "the buzz in the field (from salesreps) is extremely high...so is the number of beta customers we're crossing" into actually purchasing the product.