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Microsoft May Be Inflating SharePoint Stats

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pay-no-attention-to-the-man dept.

ericatcw writes "Taking a page out of McDonalds 'billions and billions served,' Microsoft says it reaps $1.3 billion a year from more than 100 million users of its SharePoint collab app. But some suggest that the figures are consciously inflated by Microsoft sales tactics in order to boost the appearance of momentum for the platform, reports Computerworld. A recent survey suggests that less than a fourth of users licensed for SharePoint actually use it. SharePoint particularly lags as a platform for Web sites, according to the same survey, a situation Microsoft hopes to fix with the upcoming SharePoint 2010."

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  1. Re:Screw Sharepoint by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    "Man up" and take a training course?

    Get fucked you fat, rural, rustard Texan piece of fucking shit.

  2. Re:MS Lies About Their Xbox Sales. No Surprise by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Just like it's standard procedure for Nintendo to put out updates that brick modified Wii consoles, just like it's standard procedure for Sony to put rootkits on their CD's, etc., etc., etc. Choose your poison, comment-troll crusader, choose your poison.

    I don't know how this bullshit gets modified as insightful, I suppose because someone is happily waving around the "MICRO$OFT SUXX0RZ" banner again. "No surprise," indeed. It's no surprise that you're just another zombie caught up in the Slashdot group-think circle-jerk.

    Incidentally, care to provide any evidence of your claims about Nintendo and Sony's retail practices? I mean, you seem to imply that you have some special insight into the business operations of two of the most well-known companies in the world, three if you count Microsoft. Have any credentials to back any of that up, or are you just like every other dick on Slashdot who posts anonymously with a bunch of fake bullshit in order to make a point?

    I'm willing to bet on the latter.

  3. You shill! by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You are a shill. Honest advice? First disclose your ties and vested interests. Do you get a cut of share point sales too? Gregory Bullard?

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    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  4. Re:Small Business Server by LibertineR · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    The other poster is right; you are an idiot.

    The opportunity for increased revenue sits right there in front of you, and if you had any sense, you would LEARN what its good for, and make money SHOWING your clients what they can do with it. Change your name to Anonymous, next time you want to post something that dumb.

  5. Re:Not Surprised by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I was always suspicious

    Well, at least you are honest about your preconceived notions influencing your feelings toward a product. If its from Microsoft, it must suck! Right?