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Originally Posted by ilnjscb
Not trying to start up again but what do you think when you see articles like these, all of which came out in the last few days:
"Roskill also said that Office 365 "penetration is still in the low single digits" -- in other words, less than 5%. "
Old ways die hard: Office 365 not penetrating the enterprise yet
"Computerworld - Stormed by a shift to tablets and smartphones, and threatened, even in its enterprise bastion, by new demands from workers, Microsoft may lose its place at the table reserved for major technology players, an analyst argued today"
Microsoft must fight to remain influential, say analysts
"If a new timetable report is accurate, Microsoft's making the wrong move, say analysts"
Office for iPad in 2014? Big mistake
"Microsoft's Windows 8 took another knock Wednesday as research firm IDC laid much of the blame for the first quarter's historically-horrible PC numbers at the feet of the beleaguered operating system"
Windows 8 takes blame for 'brutal' PC sales slide |
And as I mentioned before, these really aren't such a big deal in the big picture. What I said before was that Microsoft Active Directory is not being moved out of the Corporate world anytime soon. No matter what Windows 8 is like, maybe some end users wont upgrade. But all companies in America use Windows based desktop, except for graphic design firms and other small marketing/pr/fashion houses. And if a company is not using Office 365, its because they have office already. Not because they are using OpenOffice. Hate Microsoft all you want, but nothing is replacing active directory or exchange, and they are the central part of all corporate networks.