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The truth about vista...
http://keznews.com/3798_Forget_about_Vista_SP1__Just_Go_with_XP_SP3_and_Windows_7
Windows Vista has managed to deliver an experience at the opposite pole of
the Wow, becoming in this context a bitter disappointment for Microsoft.
The Redmond company now has to deal with the very realistic perspective that
customers will skip this generation of the Windows client entirely. And
although the first service pack for Vista, currently cooking over at
Microsoft and planned for the first quarter of 2008, could act as incentive
to drive up the adoption of the operating system, the company is offering
almost concomitantly the third and final service pack for Windows XP by the
summer of next year. This move is effectively designed to take the wind out
of Vista's sales, SP1 or no SP1.
Wind? Did I say wind? I meant to say fading breeze. One year following the
RTM of Vista, Microsoft's count of operating system licenses shipped into
the channel was 88 million. The figure indicates with no doubt that Vista is
selling. At least to general consumers. And that with the holiday seasons at
the door, Microsoft might just hit and go over the 100 million sold copies
milestone. But at the same time, the corporate environment is still timid
when it comes to embracing Windows Vista. Recent studies made available by
Forrester and King Research indicated that although Vista's uptake will pick
up in 2008 with the advent of SP1, the vast majority of businesses have no
plans whatsoever to migrate their environments to the latest Windows client.
Microsoft even issued an official response to the King Research study.
"Without having looked at the study, it's hard to know whether or not
there's any selection bias. The Forrester report, other studies and our own
internal data show that business adoption is on a normal trajectory for a
new OS at this point in its life cycle, and we are seeing positive
indicators in the market that more customers are seeing value in Windows
Vista and are starting to plan, test or begin their deployments", the
company commented according to Microsoft Watch.
At the same time, inquiries from Silicon.com about Vista migration plans,
addressed at 12 Chief Information Officers from major companies belonging to
different markets, revealed that only one business actually had plans to
move to the latest Windows platform in 2008 after SP1. The remaining
respondents either discussed the possibility of migration starting with
2009, or indicated that they will ride out XP plus SP3 for all that the
platform's got for three more years and move directly to Windows 7.
Microsoft's position all this time is that ignoring Vista is an action
equivalent with ignoring the inevitable.
source: news.softpedia.com
http://keznews.com/3798_Forget_about_Vista_SP1__Just_Go_with_XP_SP3_and_Windows_7
Windows Vista has managed to deliver an experience at the opposite pole of
the Wow, becoming in this context a bitter disappointment for Microsoft.
The Redmond company now has to deal with the very realistic perspective that
customers will skip this generation of the Windows client entirely. And
although the first service pack for Vista, currently cooking over at
Microsoft and planned for the first quarter of 2008, could act as incentive
to drive up the adoption of the operating system, the company is offering
almost concomitantly the third and final service pack for Windows XP by the
summer of next year. This move is effectively designed to take the wind out
of Vista's sales, SP1 or no SP1.
Wind? Did I say wind? I meant to say fading breeze. One year following the
RTM of Vista, Microsoft's count of operating system licenses shipped into
the channel was 88 million. The figure indicates with no doubt that Vista is
selling. At least to general consumers. And that with the holiday seasons at
the door, Microsoft might just hit and go over the 100 million sold copies
milestone. But at the same time, the corporate environment is still timid
when it comes to embracing Windows Vista. Recent studies made available by
Forrester and King Research indicated that although Vista's uptake will pick
up in 2008 with the advent of SP1, the vast majority of businesses have no
plans whatsoever to migrate their environments to the latest Windows client.
Microsoft even issued an official response to the King Research study.
"Without having looked at the study, it's hard to know whether or not
there's any selection bias. The Forrester report, other studies and our own
internal data show that business adoption is on a normal trajectory for a
new OS at this point in its life cycle, and we are seeing positive
indicators in the market that more customers are seeing value in Windows
Vista and are starting to plan, test or begin their deployments", the
company commented according to Microsoft Watch.
At the same time, inquiries from Silicon.com about Vista migration plans,
addressed at 12 Chief Information Officers from major companies belonging to
different markets, revealed that only one business actually had plans to
move to the latest Windows platform in 2008 after SP1. The remaining
respondents either discussed the possibility of migration starting with
2009, or indicated that they will ride out XP plus SP3 for all that the
platform's got for three more years and move directly to Windows 7.
Microsoft's position all this time is that ignoring Vista is an action
equivalent with ignoring the inevitable.
source: news.softpedia.com
