Microsoft Eyes PeopleSoft Customers

An anonymous reader writes "According to a couple articles, Microsoft has announced an intent to pick up some of the PeopleSoft customers currently fleeing from possible support contract increases and an uncertain future. What does it mean for the landscape of the ERP market if Microsoft starts being more competitive with its Axapta product?"

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Re:competition is good, usually

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Apple has 92 percent of the HD music player market. Apple desires a closed system for the iPod.

Google serves more than 90 percent of searches.

So why is Microsoft a monopoly while Apple and Google are not?

Answer: They haven't been sued yet. Not that litigation will determine they are monopolies, since they would hopefully deal with anti-trust complaints more effectively than Microsoft did. But that's about the only difference.