Five years ago no one would have cared. However, this differentiation is not sustainable on the long-term because all processors are heading towards similar power and cooling envelopes. |
In some cases, customers focus on the operating system as the decision point, and that then drives hardware and applications. But in most cases the application is king. |
Pulling this together so that it is all integrated is the good news. I worry, however, that this makes Active Directory seem too complex. I worry about them taking this too far. What's next, Active Directory Server 2007? Where do you end the platform and start the directory services or the identity management platform? They are not clear on that and I think that will confuse the market. |