Turner Snaps At Microsoft Rivals

With its Worldwide Partner Conference coming to a close in Boston, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner declared war on companies and technologies aspiring to Microsoft's place in the enterprise. "I'm in it to win it, and No Limit is my home." -- American rapper and poet Snoop Dogg Microsoft is in it to win it when it comes to the enterprise space. Just because a lot of journalists think Google and Linux will take a wrecking ball to Microsoft's foundation of Windows and Office doesn't mean Microsoft feels the same way. COO Kevin Turner told the crowd during his closing keynote speech that "we're not going to let Google win in the enterprise space. That's our house, our market space," a CRN That does sum up how Microsoft has entered and ended up dominating a lot of markets. For example, Microsoft moved from a zero market share in the web browser market to a figure of about 83 percent usage of Internet Explorer in 2006. One-time browser leader Netscape is a shell of what it used to be. All the ex-Wal-Mart CIO Turner was missing from his speech was a Howard Dean-style so many alternatives exist for its products, the company does enjoy the business of numerous large and powerful corporations for its core revenue generating products. They're in it to win it. Tag: Add to Del.icio.us | Digg | Yahoo! My Web | Furl Bookmark Murdok: David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.