They're [Microsoft] really going ahead with this community license. I think in the long run it will be a good thing for Microsoft.

It should be easy to connect Microsoft to Microsoft. The bottom line is they have to do it and they're kind of late.

Accounting software is the first strategic business application that many small firms purchase, making it an important on-ramp for other business applications, which need to integrate with the accounting solution, and a first step towards higher end financial solutions.

In a lot of cases, the IT solutions may not map to what business process needs and metrics are. That's where a lot of companies fall down.

This is huge because Dell is a great channel to provide hosted services.