tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506998626989446594.post1769947050370489694..comments2021-04-19T17:58:39.931+01:00Comments on This, that and the other (ramblings of Dominic Myers): Microsoft BPOS vs Google Apps pricingDominicMyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530669398436940737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506998626989446594.post-51728879207244928922010-07-28T14:22:24.154+01:002010-07-28T14:22:24.154+01:00Hi Peter,
thanks for your comment. You're cor...Hi Peter,<br /><br />thanks for your comment. You're correct in that I'm only looking at price, I'm sorry if you thought that I wasn't, perhaps I wasn't clear enough? Perhaps some bias was introduced but that's because I'm coming from a background of using Open Source Technologies such as PHP and, more frequently now, Java.<br /><br />Microsoft has done some interesting things recently with it's support for <a href="http://php.iis.net/" rel="nofollow">PHP on IIS</a> and that's something that's on my list of things to investigate... as is Azure (I've a <a href="http://articles.sitepoint.com/email/windows-azure-php" rel="nofollow">nice SitePoint tutorial</a> waiting to be looked at). I'm also in the process of getting my poor battered head around C# so I'm not against Microsoft <i>per se</i>.<br /><br />Perhaps some bias was introduced from my background... I've signed up for a trial account of BPOS and I'm looking to see how to send emails programmatically... if that's easy enough I may swap... except that I'll only be needing the one account rather than 5 ;-). I really shouldn't be too biased though, I've run Windows since 3.1 and never managed to run Linux for a sustained length of time (perhaps down to my lack of skill... perhaps I shouldn't be so into Slackware (perhaps not the easiest distribution to start with!)).<br /><br />Thanks again for your comment.DominicMyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530669398436940737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6506998626989446594.post-4901465477977662452010-07-28T14:05:38.492+01:002010-07-28T14:05:38.492+01:00Dominic,
At first glance price seems everything. ...Dominic,<br /><br />At first glance price seems everything. And let's be honoust price really matters in many cases. You could ask yourself in the case of IT solution what value a solution brings to end-users / organsiations.<br /><br />In your approach however you have to realise, you only focus on price and in this case comparing apples to oranges.<br />Have a look at :<br /><br />http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/businessproductivity/why-microsoft/pages/google-apps.aspx#fbid=ZHtYrFsHhbP<br /><br />And:<br /> http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/5/F/05FF69ED-6F8F-4357-863B-12E27D6F1115/Hosted%20Services%20Comparison%20Whitepaper%20-%20Google%20vs%20Microsoft.pdf <br /><br />Being a Microsoft employee my opion is coloured, but on the other hand a growing number of (former) Google Apps clients migrating to Microsoft Online Services may be the best proof that price is not a differentiator anymore (if ever). <br /><br />http://www.peterdehaas.net/2010/05/serena-software-migrates-from-google-apps-to-microsoft-online-services-bpos-msonline.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com