____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 01 April 2008 07:20 : \____
> Matt <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/143960/leopard_beats_vista_for_corporate_satisfaction.html
>>
>>> In a February survey of 2,200 U.S. corporate computer users,
>>
>>> More than half -- 53% -- of the computers companies plan to buy in the
>>> second quarter will be equipped with Windows XP, the survey said, compared
>>> to 20% with a version of Windows Vista and just 8% with Mac OS X.
>>
>> So of the 81% (53% + 20% + 7%) of planned new corporate computers for
>> which the planned OS is known, about one-fourth (20%/81%) will get
>> Vista. In short, Vista has a one-fourth market share in corporate
>> computers.
>
> Your maths is seriously broken. A fifth, not a quarter, is the
> appropriate number. Of a survey of 2,200 users - tiny.
>
>>
>> Vista's general PC market share is considerably higher than one-fourth
> <snip>
>
> Channel stuffing has caused DSG to lose over £20 millions with vista
> licences which nobody is buying. They're virtually giving these things
> away now, and people /still/ don't want them. This is also evidenced by
> the following quote from the article:
>
> "Corporate users of Apple Inc.'s Leopard operating system are
> more than five times more likely to say that they are "very
> satisfied" with the OS than business users of Microsoft Corp.'s
> Windows Vista , a research firm said last week."
>
> So those people unlucky enough to have been given Vista are not at all
> happy with it, in fact, only 8% were happy with it.
>
Look at the bright side. It's better than OOXML satisfaction rates. How long
before Microsoft starts 'survey-stuffing' and 'study-rigging' for improved
image of Vista? Oh, wait... Microsoft has already done the latter.
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