According to the software giant, the acquisition arms the company with a small-business accounting application supplier. I don't see it as an enterprise play. This Great Plains deal is definitely a small business deal. Word is also spreading that ASPs should keep their senses keen and their eyes open as the acquisition facilitates Microsoft's plans to make its .Net strategy a go. Speaking of competitors, most likely a good number of current Microsoft partners who are also competitors of Great Plains cringed at the news of the acquisition.
Accounting software is much like plumbing.
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