Article: Windows Vista Simply Can't Catch a Break - Maybe with SP1 - But its a big maybe

Its sad that many people are just beginning to realize how bad vista is, I
saw how horrid it was more than a year ago after using it for say 5 mins!
Of course I predicted this reaction.. but I thought Vista would be declared
trash faster than it has been... I actually thought people
would realize this faster...

""That's been a disappointment. Our customer surveys tell us customers are
adopting at a slower rate than we -- or anyone else -- thought.""

Oh you don't say? Why is it that I saw vista was crap right away???? Its a
miracle vista is still being sold!

Link towards article>

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Wind...39-t-Catch-a-Break-Maybe-with-SP1-73961.shtml

At over one year since Windows Vista was released to manufacturing and after
it shipped to businesses in November 2006, and at almost 12 months since the
operating system hit the shelves, it simply cannot catch a break. The last
statistics related to the market performance of the latest Windows client to
come out of Redmond pointed to in excess of 88 million licenses
shipped to the company's channel partners. At the same time, data published
by market metrics firm Net Applications points to the fact that Vista is
right on track to hit the 10% market share/100 million copies by the end of
2007. Still, with the sole exception of Microsoft, the general perception is
that Vista's uptake in the corporate environment is suffering drastically.

Businesses are notably slow at adopting new technology, and as Vista
requires a healthy underlying infrastructure, companies generally
synchronized migration to the new software with their next hardware upgrade.
At the same time, the first service pack for Vista is regarded as a sign of
maturity, and there are examples of large corporations, such as Intel and
Dell that have postponed jumping to Vista well after SP1. While Microsoft
gave strong indications that it was in fact selling Vista in the corporate
environment, independent studies come to illustrate the contrary, revealing
that although the adoption of the operating system will pick up in the
coming year, the rate of uptake will still be low.

"That's been a disappointment. Our customer surveys tell us customers are
adopting at a slower rate than we -- or anyone else -- thought. Even those
that have licenses and can move quickly are not. Our CIO has been using
Vista now for a long time. His comment is that it would take three or four
hours for every user to learn Vista. He thinks it will be a big investment.
For end user customers, the investment is not just in teaching Vista, but in
new hardware to go along with it. It will continue to be adopted, but it's a
slower base than anyone thought it would be a couple years ago", revealed
John Edwardson, chairman and CEO of CDW, as cited by Channel Web.

In this context, Windows Vista Service Pack 1 will be a turning point for
the operating system. Microsoft has just made available a public version of
Vista SP1 RC1, but has failed to deliver an accurate deadline for the
delivery of the refresh. And most of all, the Redmond company has constantly
downplayed the relevance of SP1, gearing users directly to Vista or to
Windows Update. In this regard, Microsoft has managed to create the
perception that SP1 will not turn a new page for Vista.

 

Boo... Hiss...

Down with new technology and more functionality...

Down with anything different than my tiny little mind can handle...

Down with change, it's too scary for me...

Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah...

geez, people.

Go whine in an Ubuntu forum for a change.

 

smart people say yes to new things that are better
and no to new things that are crap...

simple rule.. why cant you understand it?

 

vista user 43 wrote:

....an arrogantly stupid and totally ignorant rant.
Get a life loser!
Frank

 

Face it capin' crunch...you're just stupid...LOL?
Frank

 

So, "Vista is right on track to hit the 10% market share/100 million copies
by the end of 2007."
However, "Businesses are notably slow at adopting new technology," and
apparently are slow at adopting Vista.

So where's the problem? It is going to hit its target for the end of the
year (according to the article) and it's not being picked up quickly by
businesses, who are known for not picking up new technology quickly.

I fail to see where the problem is, despite the author's contention that
Windows can't catch a break.