In the 5 short years I’ve been here at Microsoft the company has evolved an enormous amount.  Back in 1999, Windows NT 4 and BackOffice formed the bulk of our product offering for business customers.  Today things are very different in terms of products but, our underlying philosophy driving us I don’t think is all that different.  This philosophy and our demonstrated ability to execute against it over a long period is a rather unique and special quality of Microsoft.  Somewhere in this philosophy lies the true value of Microsoft, over and above the products or technology of the moment which we spend most of our time peddling to customers.   I thought I’d have a crack at trying to define our value beyond our products and technologies.  Stay tuned…

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