This is all under the pretense that big marketing dollars alone will bring in the masses. Hosting is already somewhat of a commodity, but it's a way to bring in customers and drive profits from services. MOS has a long way to go.
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Microsoft Owns The Customer
For me, the most notable aspect of the announcement is that Microsoft owns the customer, partners are just POR (partners of record).
I have some more thoughts on this and ways for partners to differentiate at http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/29810
Mitchell
Incomplete article
Why does this article only focus on the standard offering as if it's the only offering for MSFT. There's a dedicated offering as well that will allow customization and integration.
Not Suitable for Small to Mid Sized Businesses
Bare bones hosted sharepoint and exchange arent really going to help small to mid sized businesses, especially small businesses. They dont need solutions which require cumbersome implementation and setting up. So i think the "hosted" and especially the "sharepoint and exchange" alternative market with players like HyperOffice, which offer integrated collaboration+messaging solutions, which are ready to be used, will go strong.
HyperOffice Launches Web Conferencing?
to follow up with an earlier comment, i recently read an article about Hyperoffice launching a new web conferencing application, http://www.hypermeeting.com, which is fully integrable with its collaboration suite. i think that should be a great option for small businesses as opposed to the "productivity suite".
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