“The lifeblood of any application is its third-party ecosystem. The sizing, compatibility, interoperability, and integrations with other applications.” Laura Dideo, Analyst, Yankee Group | SD Times, 15 April 2008

“The web is now a platform. People are writing web applications for everything from Facebook to business programs inside corporations. The business ecosystem is migrating to the web and away from Microsoft.” David Yoffie, Professor, Harvard School of Business | Herald Tribune, 27 June, 2008

“Our conclusion is no, you’re not really looking at a tectonic shift. The next big platform is the union of the clients and the cloud”. Greg Mundie, Chief Research and Marketing Strategist, Microsoft | Herald Tribune, 27 June, 2008

“The threat to any technology company is to miss one of the big shifts in technology, and Microsoft missed the transition to cloud computing and advertising as a revenue source for the Internet.” David Yoffie, Professor, Harvard School of Business | Herald Tribune, 27 June, 2008