Looks like Vista is in Big TROUBLE!
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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.
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