I was having a read over on Greenmonk, a blog by James Governor following his visit to the Microsoft TechEd IT Forum held at Barcelona this week.  James raises a valid point about Microsoft’s policy on environmental issues.  Like, where is it?

I recently attended a Microsoft partner event at Reading about Central and Local Government.  One of the speakers – sorry I forget his name – was talking about the desktop proposition for Government and the vast opportunity for licensing the new desktop products – Vista, Office 2007 etc.  He also mentioned that he could talk for a day on how Vista is the most green Operating System out there and that Mcrosoft is doing mre than the other vendors on green issues.  I must admit, I was taken back by this bold statemet, but nonetheless, it would be good to see the stats and the theory behind that.

Whatever your view on the environment and green issues, it is a hot topic in the UK and one that should be seen as an opportunity.  The other big vendors, like Sun and IBM are putting out green policies and also setting the framework and forums for helping businesses address green issues. It would be good to see Microsoft make a stand too.