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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> __/ [ [H]omer ] on Wednesday 15 November 2006 05:29 \__
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>> Mark Kent wrote:
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>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Study: No Vista for majority of European businesses
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>>>> | More than half of European organizations have no plan to upgrade
>>>> | to Windows Vista, according to a Forrester survey.
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>>>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6135429.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Related:
>>>>
>>>> Forrester: Consumers won't rush to Vista
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>>>> | Much has been made about the fact that businesses likely won't be
>>>> | in a hurry to upgrade to Windows Vista. But a report by Forrester
>>>> | Research Inc. suggests consumers won't stampede to purchase the
>>>> | new OS either.
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>>>>
>>>> http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061109vistarush/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Vinenna has begun deploying Linux, according to a press release that was
>>>> published this morning.
>>>
>>> As I've mentioned elsewhere a couple of times, there's nothing which
>>> Vista does which is needed.
>>
>> Conversely there are quite a few things needed in Windows, that Vista
>> won't provide.
>>
>> As I've said before, Vista upgrades Microsoft, but downgrades the user.
>
> From the same study:
>
> "European businesses are only considering migrating to Linux when they decide
> to deploy new applications, but most currently have no intention of moving
> to Windows Vista either, according to a survey released this week."
>
> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39284730,00.htm
>
Which makes complete sense, of course. There is no longer a load of
cash sloshing around in big businesses, so they're not choosing to spend
it on buying computers (or anything much else, at the moment). As and
when we get another investment boom, with loads more capital floating
around, this will change, but probably never back to where it was, and
more probably, an additional capital injection into the markets will
probably benefit the "cheap tin" suppliers rather more than the "big
iron" suppliers.
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