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Microsoft is counting on its past track record of being able to take a competitor's product or strategy and one-up it to work in the case of SaaS. The PS/2 galvanized Microsoft to think bigger and develop an entire connected entertainment strategy (which yielded Xbox Live). Linux spurred Microsoft to get competitive not just in the Windows Server space, but in other servers and tools, as well. Competition with Google is pushing Microsoft to think not only about advertising as a potential new economic engine, but also is pushing the company to introduce service-based components for products it otherwise might ignore, Ozzie said.

 

Ozzie reiterated Microsoft's message that software plus services — as opposed to software as services.

 

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