____/ Rex Ballard on Wednesday 09 January 2008 23:47 : \____
> Looks like Vista is in Big TROUBLE!
> <quote>
> Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, Gates announced the 100-
> million mark during his keynote address.
>
> The last time Microsoft trotted out Vista numbers was in October, when
> it claimed that it had shipped 88 million copies of the operating
> system. Previously, it had cited 20 million copies shipped in its
> first month after launch, 40 million copies in the opening 100 days
> and 60 million by late July.
>
> http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=11082&pagtype=all
>
> But let's look at the rate of Vista adoption.
>
> Days Millions Average/day Rate/Day
> 30 20 670k 670k
> 100 40 400k 290k
> 180 60 330k 250k
> 300 88 290k 230k
> 375 100 270k 160k
>
> Do we see a little problem here? Vista sales are going DOWN, when
> they should be going UP!
>
> And how many of these licenses, especially those in the last 180 days,
> were actually "Vista Business Edition Downgrades" to WindowsXP?
>
> If the industry also saw a blow-out lack of sales in PCs during the
> back-to-school and Christmas season, then Microsoft may have an even
> bigger problem, since they haven't delivered the 20% growth AND the
> 20% profit growth expected with a new version of Windows.
>
> Microsoft bet the farm on Vista, and lost the bet.
> Of course they will welch on the bet.
I noticed this slowdown as well, but it's only now that I see the numbers
aligned like this. A year after Vista's release -- wait for it -- LESS THAN
ONE PERCENT OF BUSINESSES HAVE ADOPTED VISTA. Has the world waited 6 years
for /this/?
Yesterday, Intel's CEO, who is close to Microsoft, refused to comment about
Vista.
Intel CEO mum on Vista's impact
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| Before the question could even be finished, Otellini shook his head and
| said, "no," he was not getting into any discussion about Vista.
|
| We considered that not just odd, given Otellini's history of taking on all
| questions, but a sign that Intel is seriously displeased with Vista. If that
| weren't true, why couldn't the CEO muster even a lukewarm response like, "We
| certainly think Vista a superior OS, but after five years in development we
| would have hoped it had more of an impact on creating a demand for PC
| upgrades."
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