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Interesting blog post from Sandy Kemsley,ebizQ Blogger ,The Economist Spot the dinosaur discusses the world of online software and what Microsoft is doing -- quite late in the game -- to join the party. I made a interesting comment in that blog post. Most of the articles we see on the web and print report that Microsoft is quite late in the game for SaaS,Actually Microsoft was actually offering it's products as a service through it's channel partners for product like Dynamics(CRM) and through ISV's(product developed in MS Platform). They even provide product discounts and hosting services if the product is a service, they are doing this for some years now. As analysts and media is watching Google(Writely) and Salesforce,Microsoft is slowly building a strong foundation for SaaS by utilizing channel partners and existing distribution channel. I feel all other companies are late in this game. Here is one recent feature article from Infoworld Microsoft taps partners for Office Live applications .

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