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Re: Vista adoption to outpace Windows XP, says paid bullshitter

  • Subject: Re: Vista adoption to outpace Windows XP, says paid bullshitter
  • From: "Larry Qualig" <lqualig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: 30 Nov 2006 09:13:41 -0800
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High Plains Thumper wrote:
> responsiblegunowner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > Sumner Lemon, IDG News Service, Singapore Bureau
> >
> > Adoption of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system will
> > happen at a faster pace than any previous operating system release, a
> > software analyst predicted last week.
> >
> > Up to 15 percent of PC users will move to Vista within the first year
> > that the operating system is available, said David Mitchell, the
> > software practice leader at Ovum Ltd. "That would make it the
> > fastest-moving operating system ever," he said.
> >
> > By comparison, between 12 to 14 percent of users switched to Windows XP
> > during the first year of its release, Mitchell said.
> >
> > http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061127vista/index.html
> >
> > That has got planted story written all over it.
>
> It sounds more like a paid for sales pitch than a news article.  Perhaps
> another news service purchased by Gates philanthropy interests?
>
> --
> HPT


That's funny because the article that Roy S. referenced in his
"Analysts Confirm What Technologists Have For Long Argued" says the
exact same thing.


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