I especially like this part:
"Brent Thill, software research director at Citigroup (C), says sales of
Windows desktop products should increase 11%, to $4.2 billion, in the
quarter that ends in June. But Vista adoption is still short of where
Microsoft would like it to be-just 65% of Windows copies sold in the third
quarter were Vista and about 35% were Windows XP. Microsoft wanted the
number at 80%, according to Thill. "It's just not taking off," he says.
Microsoft attributed the sales shortfall to a comparison with Vista's first
quarter on the market, software piracy in China, and unsold PC inventory,
but investors are looking for signs of deeper trouble. "Everyone's still
scratching their heads, asking, 'Is there something else going on?'" he
says. "
With XP retail going away, wonder how much of that 35% is going away too?
No question though, it will affect the bottom line on MSFT. Q3 is going to
be an interesting read on MSFT.
On the Eee PC front, apparently they have sold quite a few of them, mostly
Linux so far and into the millions. Reports say now that XP is on them as
well, there is 1/3 buying Linux and 2/3rds buying XP. Not a bad market
growth given a level field (choice).
Will predict more companies are going to increasingly offer us more options
than Vista, Vista or Vista...the crack in MS armour has started....
"Clear Windows" <> wrote in message
news:...
>A number of companies are opting not to embrace Redmond's latest operating
> system and, like GM, are waiting for Windows 7 instead
>
> http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...512_157155.htm
>
> (read part of article below my comment)
>
> My comment:
> I told all you vista fanboys..I don't have to supply the proof all the
> time.. just get off your lazy *** and do some surfing, the internet is
> full
> of negative and hate articles about vista... the world is tearing down
> vista
> and you still think it's the best thing since sliced bread?
>
> LOL DELUSIONAL FANBOYS!!!!!!
>
> Part of article:
> General Motors (GM) may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
> operating system from Microsoft (MSFT). The automaker has encountered so
> many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just
> wait
> for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011. "We're considering
> bypassing Vista and going straight to Windows 7," says GM's Chief Systems
> &
> Technology Officer Fred Killeen.
>
> Vista taxes all but the most modern PCs with hefty processing and memory
> requirements. Many of GM's PCs can't even run the system. "By the time
> we'd
> replace them, Windows 7 might be ready anyway," Killeen says. Then there
> are
> compatibility problems with all the software that needs to run on Windows.
> GM's software vendors still haven't ensured all their programs will run on
> Vista trouble-free. So the company is sticking with Windows XP for now.
> Killeen figures GM could install Windows 7 in three or four years.
>
>
>
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