Linked by Tony Steidler-Dennison on Tue 8th Jul 2008 14:25 UTC
The company plans to charge corporate customers a monthly subscription of $15 per user for a suite of "hosted" software, which includes e-mail, Web meeting, collaboration and messaging applications running on Microsoft's computers.
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RE[2]: Great for small companies
by tomcat on Tue 8th Jul 2008 23:33
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By the by, I believe Google's domain and infrastructure hosting services are still cheaper, and probably more effective.
I dunno about that. Google still has a VERY hard sell to convince customers to pay for Google Office. Google might be willing to drop the price REALLY low (eg. ad-funded) to pick off the low-hanging fruit, but it remains to be seen whether they can grab many MS Office customers. This is a pretty smart move by MS, in my opinion. It seems to blunt the impact of Google Office/Apps.
Edited 2008-07-08 23:34 UTC
RE[3]: Great for small companies
by Phloptical on Thu 10th Jul 2008 00:10
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A company with 10k users are not going to be looking into a service like this. My company is 1500, at most and staffs an IT department. Not a very large one, but enough that we get the job done, complete with an SAP helpdesk and developer staff.
This is meant for the under 500 user companies. Ideal for the 20 to 30 employee ma and pa shop that employs no one with any IT experience (like a machine shop).
By the by, I believe Google's domain and infrastructure hosting services are still cheaper, and probably more effective.