Comment by wkat4242

Yes, that's the thing. I see the same. Every time we had to move from a third party product to a MS one we always had to limit what we wanted to do because the MS solution was far less capable and if we asked about it we'd just get stupid answers like "why do you want to do that, we don't work that way".

But they push it through the CTO with really good initial pricing, then when you're hooked they screw you on the next contract negotiation.

The old saying is: "Microsoft is much better at talking to your boss than you are". Which still rings true IMO.