Google, CapGemini Deal Panics Microsoft

Microsoft responded to news of Google’s arrangement with CapGemini to place Google Apps on desktops with a ten-point list of questions companies should consider if they think of switching.

Google, CapGemini Deal Panics Microsoft

There’s nothing like a full-blown case of The Fear to bring out a point by point refutation of the client/server ecology of online applications. Microsoft’s list of corporate-speak appeared on Mary Jo Foley’s blog, attributed to a company spokesperson, and it’s all about keeping enterprises in line.

Microsoft’s fear is well-justified. Its Office productivity suite represents one of the company’s two major revenue streams, with Windows being the other. Office is as close to a fixture on corporate desktops as is the web browser.

We aren’t going to dissect Microsoft’s list of concerns point by point, because there’s only one that really matters. That would be point number five:

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