I don't know.
MSFT may have a shitty product but I really like the way they do business.
I work for Fujitsu for sales. We are a microsoft partner in terms of consulting and a partner in terms of hardware (servers, storage, laptops).
The thing that I really respect about microsoft is how open they are. Do you know that microsoft direct salespeople can't sell licenses without a reseller?
For those of you that are not familiar with the IT space, usually in companies like Oracle, HP, EMC, etc, the direct salesforce actually competes with their channel partners. The direct team does not get paid if a reseller sells into their accounts. how stupid, right? Microsoft doesn't allow their direct people to sell without a reseller. Imagine what the resellers will do. It's no wonder why SHI, insight, cdw, and the other billion dollar resellers sell more microsoft than anything else and have yet to even touch their oracle lists (in reference to one reseller I just met today).
-M