A number of people have privately emailed me saying they are confused about my position re: Microsoft. Here it is:
- Last year I found that by default and not design, I was moving away from Microsoft desktop applications. This was NOT a deliberate ploy on my part to promote a different way of working.
- When I attended Les Blogs 2.0 in Paris, I was genuinely shaken by the number of people using laptop Macs. It was a unique experience
- The number of services I can access has mushroomed over the last 6 months so I don’t need to work on the desktop and I can get secure vaulting for all major files over the Internet
- The Apple store in Regent Street offered me a unique experience – people who know what I need and are prepared to respond – not sell to me.
- I’m now an Apple bigot (until the PowerBook goes down and I don’t get exemplary service) after 24+ years on Wintel BUT…
I’m seeing signs that Microsoft is prepared to offer products and services |’m tempted to consider.
Look at Excel 2007. I hate spreadsheets but I have to agree with the Excel team 100% for making Excel 2007 look cool. Don’t be sucked in by the cool interface, consider the implications for your practice and clients because you WILL work differently.
Microsoft acquires Onfolio – an RSS company – Microrsoft has enough pull in the market to get you reading RSS and experiencing the ah-ha I did when I first fired up FeedDemon.
Writely gets acquired by Google but it is built on .NET. What does Microsoft need to communicate to the business world to understand the MSFT value? Over to you Robert Scoble.
The moral here is two fold:
- Keep an open mind
- Remember this is an either/AND game not an either /or
Where is the SMB portal?
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