The goal for what we're doing with this event is to talk to our customers about Microsoft's vision for delivering solutions in the mid-market.

These are downloadable by partners directly and the source code is available to partners.

In a sense, there is no news at this conference. We've delivered what we said we'd deliver.

They were the first really big, complicated acquisitions Microsoft has ever done. It took us longer to consume the acquisitions than we thought, and certainly longer than we indicated.

It's not a question of whether or not you're going to need XML -- you're going to choose to use XML in the same way companies five years ago chose to use HTML and HTTP,

It's our view that companies in this segment are poorly served.

This is the year we're going to turn the corner on MBS,

They have all of the problems of the big guys and the resources of the little guys,

This AMR Research report validates what we're hearing from our customers, that businesses prefer integrated and adaptable solutions over higher-priced products from companies such as SAP.

Companies are going to use data formatted the way they want in integrating and working with suppliers, ... That's the way it's worked for 20 years, and it's not that big of a deal.