____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Friday 17 August 2007 00:50 : \____
> <Quote>
> An anticipated rush by businesses to adopt Windows Vista hasn't
> materialized... [waiting for Vista SP1]
>
> Software incompatibility, the need for hardware upgrades, and comfort
> with existing versions of Microsoft Windows are all causing businesses
> that once planned to roll out Windows Vista as fast as consumers to
> put off their deployments, according to Forrester Research.
>
> [Report says survey of IT managers shows they intend to put off going
> to Vista...reasons cited...fewer plan to upgrade now than a year ago
> when many were gung-ho...]
>
> Those "fairly aggressive" deployment plans, however, failed to
> materialize because of both "the intricacies of running such large,
> complex, and distributed corporate environments" and "wariness," Gray
> wrote...
>
> [Businesses say no to Vista, but consumers seem to be going for it,
> with 60 milliion units shipped as of last month...]
>
> That 60 million figure above excludes volume licenses, and Microsoft
> says it does not track how many of its Windows volume license
> customers have upgraded to Vista -- something they could do at any
> time.
>
> Another reason for the Vista delay is the operating system's limited
> compatibility with existing applications....
>
> While few are thinking of moving off of Windows, according to Gray,
> some are thinking about holding off on Vista until the end of
> Microsoft support for XP and 2000 forces them to upgrade, wrote Gray.
> Regular support for Windows XP concludes in April 2009; extended
> support for Windows 2000 ends in July 2010.
>
> [Hopes for SP1, better security etc...] One big change, a court-
> mandated order to let users turn off Vista's built-in desktop search
> engine in favor of a third-party tool, such as Google Desktop, might
> not be ready for SP1, Gray wrote. Nor should users expect features
> like the WinFS storage subsystem. [Nope, might take MS a loooong
> time to allow Google search on Vista...]
> </Quote>
>
>
http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/08/15/Forrester-says-businesses-still-saying-no-to-Vista_1.html?source=rss&url=www.infoworld.com%2Farticle%2F07%2F08%2F15%2FForrester-says-businesses-still-saying-no-to-Vista_1.html
This is particularly interesting because of the following item from Forrester
Research, which also supports it:
Software Assurance Storm Warning
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| In a report to be published today, Forrester Research sees a series of
| customer hurricanes coming Microsoft's way. If they strike, they could wash
| away many Software Assurance contracts. Software Assurance is the discounted
| upgrade option available with Open, Open Value and Select volume licensing
| contracts.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/software_assurance_storm_warning.html
Other studies have shown that CIOs are actively looking for future plans, i.e.
they look at Linux and Macs.
Linux has grown up, due to and thanks to ME2, which Microsoft prefers to call
Vista. It's just a /vision/, but it's still in alpha state. Windows Seven due
in 2010 or 2011 and some say 2012, given the pattern of procrastination.
Windows 7 is being developed in India.
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~~ Best of wishes
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