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Re: Vista the Least Popular Windows OS Ever

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____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Friday 06 February 2009 20:06 : \____

> On Feb 6, 11:20 am, unionpe...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> On Feb 6, 6:02 am, "amicus_curious" <A...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > <ness...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>
>> >news:cc21e685-1766-4d8a-94dd-ce7c653870f5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> > > <Quote>
>> > > Once upon a time, Microsoft crowed that Windows Vista would be twice
>> > > as popular as XP. Research firm Ovum, Ltd., predicted a more modest 15
>> > > percent switchover in the first year, but gushed that Vista would be
>> > > "the fastest-moving operating system ever." IDC forecast 10 percent,
>> > > relatively anemic compared to XP's 14 percent in the first year, but a
>> > > decent showing.
>>
>> > > And now? More than two years after its launch Vista has managed a
>> > > penetration of just 9 percent, according to a Forrester Research
>> > > report released last week, giving it the dubious distinction of being
>> > > the least popular new Windows OS out of the gate, ever....
>>
>> > > Here's how enterprises currently break out, according to the report:
>> > > 71 percent still use Windows XP, 10 percent use Windows 2000, 9
>> > > percent use Vista, Apple's Mac OS X and "other" each garner 3 percent,
>> > > and 2 percent use Linux.
>> > > </Quote>
>>
>> > >http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/158993/report_vista_the...
>>
>> > But the news is not all that bad for Mr. Softee in the long run:
>>
>> > "But things are looking up for Vista. This year finally will be the big
>> > one, says Forrester. Really. Thirty-one percent of the 962 North American
>> > and European IT decision makers interviewed for the report have already
>> > begun migrating to Vista; another 26 percent plan to start in 2009 or
>> > later.
>>
>> > On the other hand, "IT decision makers don't have an entirely rosy outlook
>> > for Windows Vista," wrote analyst Benjamin Gray. Some 28 percent of
>> > respondents have not yet decided about whether or not to migrate, and 15
>> > percent plan on skipping Vista altogether and going straight to Windows 7
>> > when a final version is released in 2010. "
>>
>> > The net-net is that 100% of the Windows users are still using Windows and
>> > no
>> > one has had any thoughts of changing.  By the end of the year, far more
>> > commercial users will be on Vista than XP.  The users want the best
>> > Windows they can find and will accept no less.
>>
>> But amicus, way back when, before Vista was released, Mr Gates gave an
>> interview about this great new product.  Surely you remember?  He said
>> "Wow. Just Wow."  Then something like look for the Wow factor.  He was
>> surely not saying Look out, there is a Real Stinker coming.  So what
>> is with the slow uptake of Vista, or even an XP to Windows7 path?
>> Did Mr Bill lie about the Wow?
> 
> Of course.  The question is, did he rock back and forth as he said it?

'Bill Gates says "Vista Sucks"'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6qIETRCxbw

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