I’m not surprised by the following announcement and in my opinion, this could make SharePoint Portal as ubiquitous as Office; if Microsoft can find the pricing sweet-spot.

“Microsoft plans to add its SharePoint business portal software to its Office bundle, as the company looks to broaden the appeal of its desktop software. ” (via cnet)

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