Microsoft is getting serious about management software. That's either terrific news or a real cause for concern, depending on who you are.
You don't get to be the largest software vendor in with world without one or two problems.
The first is that Microsoft's ubiquitous desktop products lack the sort of management features that some administrators take for granted. Second, the company has to maintain a steep growth rate to keep the shareholders happy.
And finally, Microsoft wants to diversify. In the case of management software this means it wants the same sort of features that have made Unix the market leader in the data centre and a formidable rival in the server market.
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