Tue, Apr 1 2008 18:44
bradley
Being sticky
"Businesses are moving to Office because they want to use another Microsoft product: SharePoint, software that helps workers manage and share information. Eighty-seven percent of the businesses Forrester surveyed say they’ll buy SharePoint within the next 12 months. Collaboration is hot these days, and SharePoint gives information-technology departments a tool they can offer as an alternative to Google Apps, Zoho, MySpace or whatever other technology workers find on their own. While earlier versions of Office work with SharePoint, Office 2007 works the best, says McNabb. "
http://blogs.wsj.com/biztech/2008/04/01/businesses-embrace-office-shun-vista/?mod=WSJBlog
There's a phase I hear sometimes about "stickiness". If you want a client to be 'sticky' to you and reliant on you, you install something that makes them want you more. So if you want to take a page out of "evil Microsoft" or these days "evil Google" and make firms stuck to you, Sharepoint customization is one way to make them 'sticky'.
Because it's true... Office 2007 and Sharepoint 3 are the best pairup.
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