During the WPC in Denver this year, Microsoft sent the message load and clear, during every keynote, that Microsoft believes and is pushing Software + Services. They don't believe that SaaS is what the industry is demanding, rather the need will be for Sofware and Services (think SmartClients, web services, AJAX, RWA's,etc). However, after checking out some cool links on ole' Microsoft.com, I hit this one: http://www.microsoft.com/serviceproviders/saas/saasplatform.mspx.
I began to wonder if this is just an old link to the old industry line or is there something different here. I think that its a little bit of both. It is interesting to see how the marketing machine is turning when it comes to differentiating Microsoft from the rest of the pack.