It's good news, bad news: Microsoft gets its Internet act together

TalkBack 1 of 19:

Next »

• Thread View
• Flat View

They had no choice...

Back when Vista was Longhorn, the Microsoft hope was that fat client applications would use Internet protocols to deliver content to the desktop. The problem was that nobody was creating fat client applications anymore. By the time Vista was released, AJAX and related technologies changed the Internet application game forever. So Microsoft has no choice but to change. If you look at Microsoft inside corporations today, it is almost purely a desktop play with Exchange for email. Many LOB applications still reside either on mainframes or UNIX. If the age of nothing-but Internet applications is soon upon us, Microsoft needs to change. I know of several companies that refuse to look at Microsoft technology for certain B2B purposes because they cannot risk vendor lock-in. On the database side, sure SQL Server has market share, but many companies use it as an off-the-shelf application store as opposed to an enterprise DB. Most shops I know still run Oracle for mission critical purposes. Microsoft needs to open itself up if it wants to move beyond desktop/Office/Exchange.

Now don't tell my rep!

Posted by: Mike Cox   Posted on: 03/06/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

Alert moderator to an offensive message

Subscribe to this discussion via Email or RSS

SponsoredWhite Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads

• Designing a Balanced Architecture With Oracle RAC and VERITAS Software for Linux Dell Introducing Oracle RAC into an IT infrastructure and using Linux as the ... Download Now
• INNOV8 2.0: A Business Process Management Simulator IBM Innovate your business' process model, play against the market, compete ... Download Now
• Five Steps to Determine When to Virtualize YourServers VMware Server virtualization isn't just for big companies. Entry-level ... Download Now