That was interesting since one very good Dynamics VAR this week talked about simplicity as one of the things Microsoft has been getting right with AX, simplicity at least in terms of the ability of resellers to work with the program. In the list of official improvements was an architecture that accelerates software developer by requiring less coding and providing “pre-built interoperability with the Microsoft Application Platform, including Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 and Visual Studio 2010, and other Microsoft technologies such as Microsoft Office 2010 and Microsoft SharePoint 2010.” That should be translated as “we’re betting the farm on the stack.” The third point in the official statement was “A unified ERP solution with pre-built capabilities for five industries and 38 countries, providing a rich foundation that allows ISVs to rapidly expand their solutions to new verticals and geographies. I think this translates as “We have seen the future and it is AX.”