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Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by specialist on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:00PM (#6265612)
MSFT position in enterprise space is in much weaker position comparing...

Is that true?

Microsoft's ActiveDirectory, Exchange, and SharePoint are every where.

Perhaps they have different parts of "enterprise" pie.

Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by akg_67 on Friday August 23, 2013 @05:20PM (#6266318)
The statement is true from my POV.

In last 10 years, I have visited 100s of enterprise data centers and seen the transformation from primarily UNIX (non-Linux) and Windows server to Linux. Today I rarely come across UNIX and come across shrinking base of Windows servers. Ten years ago, I saw shops exclusively being either UNIX or Windows. Today shops are either Linux or a combination of Windows and Linux. In Enterprise OS market, Linux ate UNIX for lunch and now nibbling at Windows for dinner.

Active Directory and Exchange are much more popular because of its utility with windows workstation managements and user familiarity with PC and Outlook. With the acceptance of BYOD, thanks primarily due to iPhone and iPad, the MSFT hold on workstation side has started to be impacted.

Sharepount is not that much popular except in dominantly Windows server shops.

Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by hkarthik on Friday August 23, 2013 @03:40PM (#6265848)
If you were to look at how much money these products make, it's a pittance.

Most of the money is made on Windows Server licenses and many of these things get thrown in.

Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by jacalata on Friday August 23, 2013 @07:46PM (#6266870)
That's certainly not something I've heard. Sharepoint alone is supposed to be $2 billion in revenue.
Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by ams6110 on Friday August 23, 2013 @11:17PM (#6267458)
Don't overlook the SQL Server licenses that almost all of the enterprise stuff requires.
Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by sitkack on Saturday August 24, 2013 @05:43PM (#6269899)
The bulk of the money is in

os, sql server, office/exchange.

Everything else is tiddly winks.

Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by marcosdumay on Friday August 23, 2013 @11:17PM (#6267455)
Microsoft still has a problem. AD, Exchange, and Office (no SharePoint is not everywhere) only work on completely Windows networks. Once somebody has to use mobile computers, you are better with Samba, IMAP, and a LibreOffice compatible package.
Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by jodrellblank on Saturday August 24, 2013 @04:03PM (#6269622)
Every mobile platform that matters hooks into Exchange - iOS, Android, Mac OS X Mail, Surface Mail, Windows Phone, Pre-Windows Nokia, all speak ActiveSync for mail, calendar and contacts. Blackberries hook in with Blackberry Enterprise Server.

And most if not all of them have some kind of Office Document viewer and basic levels of editor, either built in, shipped with, or available as an app.

And how is Samba, a clone of Windows SMB file shares, going to help anything mobile?

Re:Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to retire within 12 months by jabr on Sunday August 25, 2013 @04:16AM (#6271336)
I'm mostly a startup type, but I've worked in some fairly corporate environments and I've never used any of those.