BPerkins

Did Microsoft Bet on the Wrong Networking Partner?

Nortel represents the path of least resistance to a large global telephoney marketshare. Their struggle will translate into gains for MS. Remembers Well is right--In two more waves OCS has significant potential to disrupt the current Cisco, Avaya, Nortel telephoney landscape. For a billion dollars MS gained access to Nortel's biggest assets-their R&D and entrance into many new desktops globally.

MS will see a return on this investment. Nortel will have to redesign and redefine who they are.