Re: ARTICLE::----->>>> Hasta la Vista baby, we're just not interested

Re-Format Your Microsoft Windows Vista Computer's And Install open Source
Linux Ubuntu, Just FYI.

"Rosco P Coltrane" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I just love it when I present facts the the delusional fanboys....
> Not that it helps much, they stick their head in the sand and still gawk
> VISTA VISTA VISTA!!!!!
>
> ARTICLE::----->>>>
>
> Hasta la Vista baby, we're just not interested
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10...=2547-1_3-0-20
>
> Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle
> to XP with business users, with more enterprises confessing to checking
> out the unreleased Windows 7 OS than its predecessor.
> Windows Vista
>
> More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft technology are
> "exploiting" Windows XP compared to just 4 percent for Vista, according to
> the "reality checker" research by the Corporate IT Forum (Tif).
>
> Tif's reality checker surveys help its members quickly compare the
> progress and position of their companies' IT against the technology
> choices of other members.
>
> The group also found that 35 percent of organizations describe themselves
> as "not yet interested" in Vista.
>
> The OS most people appear to be developing or piloting is Windows XP, with
> 12 percent of businesses saying they were doing so compared to 5 percent
> for Vista.
>
> Interestingly more businesses said they're currently investigating or
> analyzing Microsoft's next scheduled OS, Windows 7 (30 percent), than
> Vista (14 percent).
>
> In contrast, 7 percent of businesses even said they're still exploiting
> Windows 2000, although 19 percent said they are currently replacing or
> "sunsetting" it.
>
> In April, research showed that Vista uptake among businesses was slow
> during 2007, although a quarter of businesses said they planned to upgrade
> in 2008.
>
> The main reason given by Tif members for not moving to Vista was a lack of
> business requirement to do so.
>
> Meanwhile, Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 7, is having a
> similar battle with its predecessor, IE 6, with a fifth of respondents
> saying they're not yet interested in the newer version of the application.
>
> Almost two-thirds of businesses surveyed (65 percent) said they are
> exploiting IE 6 compared to 4 percent for IE 7. However, 14 percent said
> they are currently piloting IE 7, with the same proportion using it in
> isolation.
>
> Almost a quarter (23 percent) said they are analyzing and investigating IE
> 8, which is currently available in beta form.

Just FYI. Anybody Who Reformats Their Computer And Installs Open Sores
Software Is An Idiot. Just FYI. Oh Wait A Minute, I Am An Idiot. Just
FYI.


<> wrote in message
news:...
> Re-Format Your Microsoft Windows Vista Computer's And Install open Source
> Linux Ubuntu, Just FYI.
>
> "Rosco P Coltrane" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>>I just love it when I present facts the the delusional fanboys....
>> Not that it helps much, they stick their head in the sand and still gawk
>> VISTA VISTA VISTA!!!!!
>>
>> ARTICLE::----->>>>
>>
>> Hasta la Vista baby, we're just not interested
>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10...=2547-1_3-0-20
>>
>> Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is still playing second fiddle
>> to XP with business users, with more enterprises confessing to checking
>> out the unreleased Windows 7 OS than its predecessor.
>> Windows Vista
>>
>> More than half (58 percent) of businesses using Microsoft technology are
>> "exploiting" Windows XP compared to just 4 percent for Vista, according
>> to the "reality checker" research by the Corporate IT Forum (Tif).
>>
>> Tif's reality checker surveys help its members quickly compare the
>> progress and position of their companies' IT against the technology
>> choices of other members.
>>
>> The group also found that 35 percent of organizations describe themselves
>> as "not yet interested" in Vista.
>>
>> The OS most people appear to be developing or piloting is Windows XP,
>> with 12 percent of businesses saying they were doing so compared to 5
>> percent for Vista.
>>
>> Interestingly more businesses said they're currently investigating or
>> analyzing Microsoft's next scheduled OS, Windows 7 (30 percent), than
>> Vista (14 percent).
>>
>> In contrast, 7 percent of businesses even said they're still exploiting
>> Windows 2000, although 19 percent said they are currently replacing or
>> "sunsetting" it.
>>
>> In April, research showed that Vista uptake among businesses was slow
>> during 2007, although a quarter of businesses said they planned to
>> upgrade in 2008.
>>
>> The main reason given by Tif members for not moving to Vista was a lack
>> of business requirement to do so.
>>
>> Meanwhile, Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 7, is having a
>> similar battle with its predecessor, IE 6, with a fifth of respondents
>> saying they're not yet interested in the newer version of the
>> application.
>>
>> Almost two-thirds of businesses surveyed (65 percent) said they are
>> exploiting IE 6 compared to 4 percent for IE 7. However, 14 percent said
>> they are currently piloting IE 7, with the same proportion using it in
>> isolation.
>>
>> Almost a quarter (23 percent) said they are analyzing and investigating
>> IE 8, which is currently available in beta form.
>