I get your point, and do think there is room for several players to offer collaborative solutions for all types of scenarios. The problem with the Google argument is that there's no substance to the 'talk'. Namely, when you describe a business problem that would benefit from collaboration tools, you can envision a Microsoft solution, pilot it and integrate it within most infrastructures relatively easily. With Google, it still feels like you're tinkering in your backyard. This is due to a) a lack of Google leadership in demonstrating end-to-end solutions on their platform and b) lack of case studies demonstrating that Google Apps can, in fact, do everything they'd like you to believe.
All I'm asking for is a head-to-head comparison from both companies that takes a similar business problem for a 500-user organization and has each come to the table with their best solution and the associated costs for licensing, deployment and training.
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