@Cheese. The point of the article is that Microsoft wants to cut out the middlemen when selling to small businesses. The word "partners" is Microsoft's euphemism for these middlemen, while the middlemen like to refer to themselves as "resellers". As for the little people, Microsoft will continue selling its products and services at monopoly prices to home users, so that business users will think that they are getting a bargain when they buy in bulk.

Cheese, I know how you feel about the author's writing. The author is purposefully being wordy, so that he does not appear biased against or for Microsoft, but the wordiness is also muddying up the point that the author is trying to get across to his readers.

can someone sum up whats happening in an easier way? is microsoft selling to the little people or what?

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