Google Apps Premier Edition Followup

So I've read a quite a few analysis on the significance on Google going enterprise through their new Google Apps Premier Edition. The funniest of them all comes from Fortune:

Google's enterprise ambitions are modest. It's unlikely to dislodge more than a
fraction of the 450 million users of Office. Even a rousing success would barely
move the needle for Google. If all 100,000 of its current users signed up, for
example, it'd mean an additional $5 million in annual revenue. That won't even
help defray food costs at Google's cafeterias.

So even if every current single one of their current users signed up, it would not even cover the expences of running Google's infamous, free gourmet cafeterias...

Perhaps not the best analysis written, allthough it scores high on entertainment. But they have a point; the biggest treat is probably not to microsoft but to a range of other up-and-coming SaaS offerings like 37signals collaboration suite. (point taken from SaaS Blogs).

Here's a few other comments worth reading up on:

• http://dondodge.typepad.com/the_next_big_thing/2007/02/google_apps_tak.html
• http://amys.typepad.com/amy_wohls_opinions_on_saa/2007/02/will_googles_en.html
• http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/02/28/google-apps-premier-edition-faces-rough-acceptance/
• http://www.masternewmedia.org/office-productivity/alternatives-to-Microsoft_Office/Google-Apps-Premier-opens-key-road%20to-online-collaboration-for-SOHO-and-SME-20070223.htm