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Re: Vista is in trouble

____/ Rex Ballard on Wednesday 09 January 2008 23:47 : \____

> Looks like Vista is in Big TROUBLE!
> <quote>
> Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show, Gates announced the 100-
> million mark during his keynote address.
> 
> The last time Microsoft trotted out Vista numbers was in October, when
> it claimed that it had shipped 88 million copies of the operating
> system. Previously, it had cited 20 million copies shipped in its
> first month after launch, 40 million copies in the opening 100 days
> and 60 million by late July.
> 
> http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?newsID=11082&pagtype=all
> 
> But let's look at the rate of Vista adoption.
> 
> Days     Millions    Average/day    Rate/Day
> 30    20              670k                    670k
> 100   40              400k                    290k
> 180   60              330k                    250k
> 300   88              290k                    230k
> 375   100             270k                    160k
> 
> Do we see a little problem here?  Vista sales are going DOWN, when
> they should be going UP!
> 
> And how many of these licenses, especially those in the last 180 days,
> were actually "Vista Business Edition Downgrades" to WindowsXP?
> 
> If the industry also saw a blow-out lack of sales in PCs during the
> back-to-school and Christmas season, then Microsoft may have an even
> bigger problem, since they haven't delivered the 20% growth AND the
> 20% profit growth expected with a new version of Windows.
> 
> Microsoft bet the farm on Vista, and lost the bet.
> Of course they will welch on the bet.

I noticed this slowdown as well, but it's only now that I see the numbers
aligned like this. A year after Vista's release -- wait for it -- LESS THAN
ONE PERCENT OF BUSINESSES HAVE ADOPTED VISTA. Has the world waited 6 years
for /this/?

Yesterday, Intel's CEO, who is close to Microsoft, refused to comment about
Vista.

Intel CEO mum on Vista's impact

,----[ Quote ]
| Before the question could even be finished, Otellini shook his head and 
| said, "no," he was not getting into any discussion about Vista. 
| 
| We considered that not just odd, given Otellini's history of taking on all 
| questions, but a sign that Intel is seriously displeased with Vista. If that 
| weren't true, why couldn't the CEO muster even a lukewarm response like, "We 
| certainly think Vista a superior OS, but after five years in development we  
| would have hoped it had more of an impact on creating a demand for PC 
| upgrades."     
`----

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9846349-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

In case you wonder why Vista started 'fast', think channel-stuffing!

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