Now that I have had time to calm down, I can write this post and hopefully sound rational and not have my blood pressure rise along with my desire to drive to the airport, buy an airline ticket, fly to Redmond and rip someone a new one. I hope you enjoy it!
Please remember that everything I talk about in this post is my opinion and my opinion only. It is based on my personal observations and interactions and nothing else. Everything I say from this point on could just be a huge, steaming pile of horse dung and I could have it all wrong. I doubt it, but on the rare occasion I have been known to err…
What do I think? It is one of two things. Either upper management within Microsoft does not understand the business applications market space or upper management does not want to be in the business applications market space. Microsoft’s entry into business applications started many years ago with the purchase of Great Plains Software. Eight years is plenty of time to learn this market in detail, even if you are totally inept. You can say many things about Microsoft but they are never totally inept. So to me, that means the only rational conclusion left is that Microsoft just doesn’t want to be in the business applications game. Read the rest of this entry »
