Partners play a critical role in delivering solutions and applications to customers with the Microsoft Office System. The value of Solutions Competencies is that they enable Microsoft to deliver resources and training to partners that are meeting their customer needs. And for partners, the opportunity to highlight their expertise to customers is tremendous in the growing IW solution market. Jeff Raikes
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![[Microsoft executive Jeff Raikes remembers what the industry was like when he joined the company in 1981.] The software business was dominated by hardware companies, and everybody thought they would just come in and wipe us out, ... People forget that Microsoft took a huge bet to think that an independent operating system and programming language would be successful. - Jeff Raikes Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=W01pY3Jvc29mdCBleGVjdXRpdmUgSmVmZiBSYWlrZXMgcmVtZW1iZXJzIHdoYXQgdGhlIGluZHVzdHJ5IHdhcyBsaWtlIHdoZW4gaGUgam9pbmVkIHRoZSBjb21wYW55IGluIDE5ODEuXSBUaGUgc29mdHdhcmUgYnVzaW5lc3Mgd2FzIGRvbWluYXRlZCBieSBoYXJkd2FyZSBjb21wYW5pZXMsIGFuZCBldmVyeWJvZHkgdGhvdWdodCB0aGV5IHdvdWxkIGp1c3QgY29tZSBpbiBhbmQgd2lwZSB1cyBvdXQsIC4uLiBQZW9wbGUgZm9yZ2V0IHRoYXQgTWljcm9zb2Z0IHRvb2sgYSBodWdlIGJldCB0byB0aGluayB0aGF0IGFuIGluZGVwZW5kZW50IG9wZXJhdGluZyBzeXN0ZW0gYW5kIHByb2dyYW1taW5nIGxhbmd1YWdlIHdvdWxkIGJlIHN1Y2Nlc3NmdWwuIA==&author=ICBKZWZmIFJhaWtlcyAgICA=&num=6 "[Microsoft executive Jeff Raikes remembers what the industry was like when he joined the company in 1981.] The software business was dominated by hardware companies, and everybody thought they would just come in and wipe us out, ... People forget that Microsoft took a huge bet to think that an independent operating system and programming language would be successful. - Jeff Raikes Quotes")
