http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2009/10/05/microsoft-partners-earn-8-70-for-every-1-00-microsoft-earns-idc-study-released.aspxFor decades, Microsoft has built its business strategy around having and building a healthy, strong, vibrant Partner community around the world that sells, installs, supports, develops on, teaches, and more the technologies that Microsoft produces.&#160;en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2009/10/05/microsoft-partners-earn-8-70-for-every-1-00-microsoft-earns-idc-study-released.aspx#9903843Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:25:51 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9903843Jeff Shuey<P>I agree with this. I have worked in the partner ecosystem for 20 years and have developed a model specifically with Microsoft in mind. This model was developed prior to &nbsp;the 5 years I worked for Microsoft as a partner manager and refined and tweaked since then. It's a simple formula that I call the "1:3:5 Ratio" and it conservatively states that partners make ~$8 dollars for every $1 Microsoft generates.</P> <P>I have blogged about this several times.</P> <P>Microsoft Partner Ecosystem and the 1:3:5 Ratio</P> <P>It's great to see industry analysts confirming my model. As my blog posts show I took it a step further and broke the model down into partner types - ISV's and SI's. Of course, there are other partners that complete the partner ecosystem, but the primary revenue generation (and also a significant segment of the innovation) comes from ISV's first and SI's second.</P> <P>Thanks for posting this information. It's great to see the Microsoft partner ecosystem getting some much deserved attention.</P> <P>Jeff Shuey</P> <P>jeff_shuey@hotmail.com</P> <P><A href="http://jshueywa.blogspot.com/" rel=nofollow target=_new>http://jshueywa.blogspot.com/</A></P> <P>Twitter: @jshuey</P><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9903843" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mssmallbiz/archive/2009/10/05/microsoft-partners-earn-8-70-for-every-1-00-microsoft-earns-idc-study-released.aspx#9903834Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:15:47 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:9903834Eric Ligman<p>Testing comment submission based on input from Partners.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9903834" width="1" height="1">