Microsoft eyeing Notes customers

Microsoft has thrown down the gauntlet and declared that it is seeking five million Lotus Notes customers to switch to Microsoft's own collaboration tools.  According to COO Kevin Turner, the software giant hopes to achieve this in its fiscal 2009 year. This figure is not just a wistful thinking either--Microsoft has "sold in" eight million seats to Lotus Notes accounts in the last two years. Underscoring the importance of SharePoint, Turner noted, the tool "is the hottest single product in the history of Microsoft, the fastest to a billion dollars." Turner added that "it gives us a very good arsenal as it relates to competing in the commercial business. We are going to keep pushing and driving."

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