I'm surprised so much misconception about Microsoft products still exists. Microsoft is crushing the competition.
> Apache is more widely used than IIS. True for the moment, but industry analysts expect Microsoft to finally overtake Apache in 2008. In June 2005, Apache owned 69.7% of the market share; today it owns 48.4%. While Apache was losing ground, MS was gaining. Read for yourself: http://www.informationweek.com/industries/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=20 1203296 > Oracle is a more respected product than SQL Server. I think this depends on who you ask. As far as market share goes, however, Microsoft is the leader. MS owns 41% of the market; Oracle owns 29%: http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/C/D/6CDC123B-A159-438C-BBAD-775 0EE5D0D67/IDC-Server%20Workloads%20Forecast.pdf > Exchange usage is growing, but I doubt it's the leader in email. Yes it is. And it's expected to own 70% of the market share in 2010: http://www.serverwatch.com/trends/article.php/3682041 Granted, 70% is expected to be its high point, but still, that's pretty impressive. > Additionally, you'll notice that sales of Vista have not been anywhere near as high as sales of Windows 95 or XP. People are wary of what should be Microsoft's bread and butter. Actually, people aren't necessarily wary of Vista--they're just happy with an existing Microsoft product, WINDOWS XP! I own both. I have Vista on a laptop and XP on a desktop. I couldn't care less which one I use. See here: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35344 So in a nutshell, if a middling software vendor like BMC tries to compete with Microsoft's 800 pound gorilla, my money's on the gorilla. P.S.: I also find it funny that way back in the late 1990s and early 2000s industry "experts" predicted that open source would be the undoing of Microsoft. Whatever became of that? Linux can't even put a dent in Microsoft's desktop dominance even by giving their product away for FREE! -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierson, Shawn Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 7:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: How you you guys analyze ITSM 7 code? Dev Plus? Master AR Suite? No logging doesn't count. Microsoft does practically own the O/S market, the spreadsheet/word processor market, and a few others, but they primarily do best when it comes to desktop related applications. Apache is more widely used than IIS. Oracle is a more respected product than SQL Server. Exchange usage is growing, but I doubt it's the leader in email. The problem is that Microsoft's core business is the desktop arena. When you get to the server side, there's a lot of competition and there always has been. Additionally, you'll notice that sales of Vista have not been anywhere near as high as sales of Windows 95 or XP. People are wary of what should be Microsoft's bread and butter. Also, I agree with you in theory that it should be easier, but I seriously doubt Microsoft will let you customize their product as well as Remedy allows. Granted, with so many organizations demanding everything be OOtB this is not a huge benefit anymore, but some places will still count on it. There are also some pretty huge clients of BMC that are using ITSM that will keep it afloat. Some of the large implementations are things that would take years and years to implement. They won't be scrapped easily. Shawn Pierson _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org ARSlist:"Where the Answers Are"
