Office 2010 Download Microsoft's new Answers site

Microsoft released over the past weekend a redesigned version with the Microsoft Solutions site. So far, the “new and improved” version has been largely down for the count.
Microsoft officials acknowledged performance problems shortly after launching the redesigned internet site on February 26. In a post on the Solutions web-site, a Microsoft official noted the following:
“Since we launched at 7 am this morning, we have seen extremely poor load time on the web-site. The entire dev team is still in the office working on this issue. We are narrowing the issue down, but still do not have it resolved.”
It seems the issues were still unresolved on February 28,Office 2010 Download, when I asked Microsoft for comment on the reported problems. A spokesperson sent me the following statement:
“The Microsoft Solutions web-site has been experiencing performance issues, specifically concerning intermittent website unresponsiveness. We are actively working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible and we’ll continue to provide updates at Microsoft Answers.”
Microsoft Answers originally released in beta form in 2008 as a community website for those with questions about Microsoft technologies. The latest update, rolled out this past week, introduces a new “reputation model” that helps users find content written by experts and elevates high-priority questions.
Microsoft officials didn’t provide any further details about what was causing the performance issues or when they expected them to be finally resolved.
Update (late in the evening on February 28): Microsoft officials sent me notification “that the web page issues have been primarily resolved.”