Some good comments on Microsoft selling services
Richard Tallent has a good
post about the problems he sees with Microsoft moving to being a services company. I think the thing that really struck me (and I'm in total agreement with) is this comment
Want to see what a Microsoft application-gone-service looks like? Try Microsoft Money. Is that what you really want to have to deal with 5 years from now when you open Excel and Word?
I like Money okay, but the things that bug me about it are exactly what he is referring to: the Passport integration, the going out and grabbing ads, the nag factor that comes with a connected application. No, I don't want to store a copy of all my financial data on your web server, thank you very much. I mean, it's a generous offer and all, but are you freakin' kidding me?
I also agree with the products he thinks Microsoft does right btw.