Microsoft playing nicer with ISVs, company exec says
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Microsoft execs say the company is working to polish its lackluster image with software partners as it increasingly views everything from its Office productivity suite to its business applications as a platform.
At a Wednesday session here at the Software & Information Industry Association of America's Enterprise Software Summit 2004, Charles Fitzgerald, the general manager of Microsoft Corp.'s platform strategy and partner group, was asked about the company's often shaky relationships with others in the software industry. He responded that the Redmond, Wash., company has made headway in reaching out to the industry.