As a blogger who watches the software as a service (SaaS) and cloud markets, I find it nearly impossible to keep track of the SaaS brands and subscription services Microsoft continually launches, kills or repositions.
The latest case in point: Microsoft is killing its Windows Live OneCare subscription security service and plans to launch a successor service codenamed Morro. The Morro launch is expected in the second half of 2009, according to Mary Jo Foley’s All About Microsoft blog.
Anybody else getting dizzy as they try to follow Microsoft’s online/SaaS brands?
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I can tell you things like this are making me think twice and three times about reselling their online services. We are concerned that we may make a sale and a couple months down the road, Microsoft pulls the rug out under us and changes their offerings.
Vince
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