Microsoft Goes Head-to-Head With IBM

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday March 17, 2006 @06:01AM from the cue-gunfight-music dept.

conq writes "BusinessWeek has a piece on Microsoft's latest announcements that it is going after large-business computing, a realm that IBM currently has a stronghold on." From the article: "In both cases, the company has fashioned 'enterprise' versions of the products with additional security and collaboration-enabling features for sale to large businesses. Microsoft has spent $20 billion over the past three years on these upgrades, and Ballmer says it will spend $500 million over the next year marketing them to corporations. 'We're unlocking the next wave of growth for Microsoft,' Ballmer predicted during a press conference after his speech." We've previously discussed Microsoft's plans for IBM.

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I should have gone into advertising... by nrjyzerbuny · 2006-03-17 06:03 · Score: -1, Redundant

20 Million to do it, and 500 Million to tell everyone about it.

Capitalism at work.
1. Re:I should have gone into advertising... by indiorunner · 2006-03-17 06:06 · Score: 0, Redundant
  
  20 Billion, not million.
2. Re:I should have gone into advertising... by Pantero+Blanco · 2006-03-17 06:06 · Score: 0, Redundant
  
  20 billion, actually. The proportion's about what I'd expect.
3. Re:I should have gone into advertising... by Anonymous Coward · 2006-03-17 06:07 · Score: -1, Redundant
  
  The excerpt said 20 billion