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[News] [Rival] Windows Vista Used as Placeholder, Not Sold

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Windows Vista Used as Placeholder, Not Sold
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 01 Dec 2007 16:19:40 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Here’s One Reason Why Microsoft Can’t Sell Windows Vista

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| Of course, Microsoft is probably between a rock and a hard place to some 
| extent, simply because they built an operating system that millions and 
| millions of PCs can’t run, or at least run efficiently with all features 
| intact.   
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http://macnightowl.com/2007/11/29/heres-one-reason-why-microsoft-cant-sell-windows-vista/

Someone has run a blog dedicated just to Vista.

http://vistasucks.wordpress.com/

Be careful in government Web sites....

California gov site invaded by smut and malware again

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/01/government_sites_serve_malware/


Related:

Microsoft Refuses to Reveal Current Vista Sales

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2122837,00.asp


Vista sales rate cut in half

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| While significant, the sales point to a rapid slowdown in adoption of
| the new operating system. Microsoft had observed that it sold 20
| million copies in the first month, which doubled XP's achievement
| but now indicates that the average number of copies sold has been cut
| in half during March and April. The firm has so far declined to
| compare its most recent figures with the relative size of the market
| today or to any decline that may have occurred during XP's 2001 release.
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http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/05/15/vista.sales.halved/


Microsoft Vista Business sales slow, XP stays steady in European IT channels,
says Context

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| Channel sales of personal computers equipped with Microsoft's new Vista 
| operating system for business users, Vista Business, slowed in August 2007 
| accounting for 13 percent of unit PC sales through Europe's top IT 
| distributors, according to IT market researchers Context. That's down from 17 
| percent in July 2007.    
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http://computers.tekrati.com/research/9416/


Vista sales slow despite record MS profit

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| The sales rate of Microsoft's Windows Vista is gradually slowing down as the 
| operating system reaches the one-year anniversary of its release to 
| businesses, according to the company's latest financial results.  
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/10/26/vista.sales.rate.slowing/


Nine burning questions about how Vista is really doing

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| Instead, there's so much spin   -- from Microsoft,  from rivals such
| as Apple Inc.,  from market analysts pushing research and more research
| -- it would even leave Sasha Cohen dizzy. Here's our attempt to unravel
| this puzzle-shrinkwrapped-in-a-mystery.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9021838
http://tinyurl.com/2u6gzq


Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista

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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to 
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the 
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.  
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and 
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based 
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and 
| Lenovo. 
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said. 
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579

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