I reckon this time is different to the start of Win 2000 and XP.<br><br>For a start, Vistas install numbers are only slightly more than XP was at this point in time past XPs launch...(if that makes sense...:-))<br>The overall market has grown 40% plus since XP...meaning that the actual Vista install numbers when adjusted for market growth since XP, in terms of share of the overall market, are dismal to say the least.<br>
<br>The only 2 divisions out of the 7 in MS that make a profit are the OS division and the Office Software Division. For the first time I can remember, the OS division has suffered a dramatic fall in qtr profit.<br>That leaves only 1 strong profit centre....probably the reason why they spent so much effort on the ISO stamp for OOXML....<br>
..Linux and Apple have come far since the launch of XP....<br><br>Ubuntu didnt really exist when XP was launched did it?...look how far they have come in such a short time....<br>...zero to top of the Linux distros...<br>
<br>IMHO...this time is definitely different<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:10 PM, David Newall <<a href="mailto:davidn@davidnewall.com">davidn@davidnewall.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Brent Wallis wrote:<br>
> HP will not supply XP pre-installed past June 30 this year,<br>
> Dell were going to do the same but have announced only last week that<br>
> they will do a downgrade past that date.<br>
> Lenovo have not announced anything yet.<br>
><br>
> I reckon HP and IBM will follow Dell....too many sites out there that<br>
> would suffer if Vista was forced onto them. There are too many techs<br>
> in MS land that havent even looked at Vista yet..there are many apps<br>
> out there that just won;t work with it and probably never will.<br>
<br>
</div>It was much the same when XP came out, when people stayed with 2000<br>
instead of switching to XP. It didn't hurt MS then and it probably<br>
won't hurt them now, either. I think MS Office is what drives their<br>
income, anyway. People want (are convinced to get) the latest Office;<br>
and that drives them to the latest Windows.<br>
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