As ever Ed was on good combative form. The emphasis of the presentation has changed over recent years, in the past there have been hints of slight exasperation creeping in that not everyone agreed with Big Blue, but this year (and in the whole conference mood in general) everyone seems to be really happy with the way things are moving forward. Of course there are areas where there is slight confusion, there can’t not be with such a vast array of products on offer, but in the past where aggression was used to maybe try and cover up the confusion, now the message is in line with the offerings and the aggression is just good honest competitiveness.
If I were in Microsoft’s shoes I would be worried about how I was going to try and win new customers in the corporate space, let alone dislodge existing IBM houses.
Matt White 
And even worse for MS is the fact that even when they do get a company to move to Exchange for mail, the Domino environment lives on for years, if not forever. How can you win a war against a product that you can’t get people to stop using even when their managers tell them to start using your product?
Sean—
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