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  • Overall adoption of .NET surpassed Java last year and we see it continue to grow (Forrester, 5/2004)
  • ASP and ASP.NET are used by more Fortune 1000 Web sites than any other platform (port80. 5/2005)
  • Microsoft platform is running the greatest number of mission-critical applications within enterprises (Gartner, 7/2004)
  • Top-right in last Gartner Web services MQ (Gartner, 9/2004)
Financial Results
  • Microsoft Server and Tools revenue is up 18 percent year over year (Q2 FY05 results)
  • 17 percent growth in Windows server licenses (Q2 FY05 results)
  • SQL revenue up 25 percent (Q2 FY05 results)
Market Share with Developers, Enterprise Apps
  • Worldwide .NET adoption among professional developers is up 10 percent from last year to 43 percent (source: Internal Microsoft DevTracker survey, FY2005).
  • More than 40,000 SAP installations run on Windows - more than all other platforms combined. Almost two-thirds of all new SAP installations are deployed on Microsoft (www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/ may04/05-12MicrosoftSAPRaisesStakesPR.asp).
  • SQL Server has become the fastest-growing database for use with Siebel Business Analytics, and Windows Server has become the leading platform for Siebel Business Analytics deployments (www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2004/ oct04/10-04SiebelMSExpandPR.asp).
  • Datamonitor research shows that software firms working with Microsoft are more optimistic about the outlook for their firm than are those partnering with other major platform/database providers and integrators (Datamonitor, 5/2005).
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