Vista's Biggest Problem Remains Windows XP, Survey Says

I can say it in a few words... VISTA IS CRAP, the worst modern OS I have
ever seen.

http://keznews.com/3734_Vista's_Biggest_Problem_Remains_Windows_XP,_Survey_Says

Windows Vista biggest worry shouldn't be rival operating systems from Apple
Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but competition from Microsoft's own Windows XP.

Microsoft Corp.'s biggest worry over Windows Vista shouldn't be rival
operating systems from Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but remains competition
from its own Windows XP, an analyst said Wednesday.

"The big story isn't that 32% of the companies we surveyed said that they
would start Vista deployments by the end of next year," said Benjamin Gray,
an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. "It's that companies have been hugely
successful in standardizing on Windows XP."

According to a survey of nearly 600 U.S. and European companies that have
more than 1,000 employees, 84% of all their PCs now run Windows XP, up from
67% the year before. While XP may have peaked, Gray warned not to bet
against the 6-year-old operating system. "There are plenty of companies
looking forward to XP SP3," he said. That next hot-fix and patch rollup is
to ship sometime in the first quarter of 2008, Microsoft has said, and it
will reportedly be XP's last service pack.

"Vista's biggest competition isn't Apple or Novell or Red Hat; it's
Microsoft itself, it's XP," Gray said. So enamored of XP are businesses that
Microsoft may feel obligated to extend the operating system's mainstream
support past its current April 2009 expiration date. "I wouldn't be
surprised," Gray said, although it might require some additional pressure on
the company by its largest customers.

Still, XP will eventually get the boot in favor of Vista, Gray said. "Vista
isn't a matter of if, but of when and how," he noted.

Nearly a third of the polled businesses -- 32% to be exact -- said they
would begin deploying Vista by the end of 2008, while another 17% said they
would start in 2009 or 2010. But more than half of all companies remain
skittish about Vista, according to Forrester's data. A year after Microsoft
released Vista to duplicators, 38% of companies claimed they had no plans at
this stage to deploy the operating system. Another 14% said they just didn't
know.

Gray also echoed other analysts who last week said Vista plans had been
significantly scaled back by most companies. "That's absolutely the case. In
May 2006, 40% of the companies we surveyed said they planned on deploying
Vista within the first year of its public life," Gray said. "Forty percent
were planning on deploying, but by the end of 2007, only 7% will have
started. Enterprises are absolutely pulling back from their very, very
aggressive deployment plans."

He attributed the lowered expectations to a lack of detailed information
about Vista in 2006; too-high prices for PCs with 2GB of memory, which is
essentially the minimum needed for Vista, according to company managers; and
a larger-than-expected number of incompatible applications.

"Application incompatibility is a big, big headache," Gray said, citing
reports from companies preparing for a migration to Vista. Those firms said
applications incompatible with Vista made up between 10% and 40% of their
software portfolios. "That's causing a lot of XP shops to take a
wait-and-see approach to Vista."

The major point here is, its not Mac OS X or Linux, its Windows in general
which is not scarying Microsoft.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"T-eye-bare-eye-us" <noneofyourbuss@grougoa.com> wrote in message
news:473de015@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>I can say it in a few words... VISTA IS CRAP, the worst modern OS I have
>ever seen.
>
> http://keznews.com/3734_Vista's_Biggest_Problem_Remains_Windows_XP,_Survey_Says
>
> Windows Vista biggest worry shouldn't be rival operating systems from
> Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but competition from Microsoft's own Windows
> XP.
>
> Microsoft Corp.'s biggest worry over Windows Vista shouldn't be rival
> operating systems from Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but remains competition
> from its own Windows XP, an analyst said Wednesday.
>
> "The big story isn't that 32% of the companies we surveyed said that they
> would start Vista deployments by the end of next year," said Benjamin
> Gray, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. "It's that companies have been
> hugely successful in standardizing on Windows XP."
>
> According to a survey of nearly 600 U.S. and European companies that have
> more than 1,000 employees, 84% of all their PCs now run Windows XP, up
> from 67% the year before. While XP may have peaked, Gray warned not to bet
> against the 6-year-old operating system. "There are plenty of companies
> looking forward to XP SP3," he said. That next hot-fix and patch rollup is
> to ship sometime in the first quarter of 2008, Microsoft has said, and it
> will reportedly be XP's last service pack.
>
> "Vista's biggest competition isn't Apple or Novell or Red Hat; it's
> Microsoft itself, it's XP," Gray said. So enamored of XP are businesses
> that Microsoft may feel obligated to extend the operating system's
> mainstream support past its current April 2009 expiration date. "I
> wouldn't be surprised," Gray said, although it might require some
> additional pressure on the company by its largest customers.
>
> Still, XP will eventually get the boot in favor of Vista, Gray said.
> "Vista isn't a matter of if, but of when and how," he noted.
>
> Nearly a third of the polled businesses -- 32% to be exact -- said they
> would begin deploying Vista by the end of 2008, while another 17% said
> they would start in 2009 or 2010. But more than half of all companies
> remain skittish about Vista, according to Forrester's data. A year after
> Microsoft released Vista to duplicators, 38% of companies claimed they had
> no plans at this stage to deploy the operating system. Another 14% said
> they just didn't know.
>
> Gray also echoed other analysts who last week said Vista plans had been
> significantly scaled back by most companies. "That's absolutely the case.
> In May 2006, 40% of the companies we surveyed said they planned on
> deploying Vista within the first year of its public life," Gray said.
> "Forty percent were planning on deploying, but by the end of 2007, only 7%
> will have started. Enterprises are absolutely pulling back from their
> very, very aggressive deployment plans."
>
> He attributed the lowered expectations to a lack of detailed information
> about Vista in 2006; too-high prices for PCs with 2GB of memory, which is
> essentially the minimum needed for Vista, according to company managers;
> and a larger-than-expected number of incompatible applications.
>
> "Application incompatibility is a big, big headache," Gray said, citing
> reports from companies preparing for a migration to Vista. Those firms
> said applications incompatible with Vista made up between 10% and 40% of
> their software portfolios. "That's causing a lot of XP shops to take a
> wait-and-see approach to Vista."
>

Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
> The major point here is, its not Mac OS X or Linux, its Windows in general
> which is not scarying Microsoft.

Microsoft is its own worst enemy.

Alias

T-eye-bare-eye-us wrote:


---well...nothing of any importance...as usual--------

I see you've finally come up with another stupid handle to post with.
Idiot!
Frank

They produce and sell both OS.. I believe that is what one might call a
win - win situation?

--
Mike Hall - MVP
http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm



"Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message news:fhko51$9tl$1@aioe.org...
> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>> The major point here is, its not Mac OS X or Linux, its Windows in
>> general which is not scarying Microsoft.
>
> Microsoft is its own worst enemy.
>
> Alias

Give it a break. Go ask your parole officer to allow you freedom to move
away from the computer. See if you can get some toys to play with. I hear
building blocks can keep someone like you amused for hours.

Just FYI

"T-eye-bare-eye-us" <noneofyourbuss@grougoa.com> wrote in message
news:473de015@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>I can say it in a few words... VISTA IS CRAP, the worst modern OS I have
>ever seen.
>
> http://keznews.com/3734_Vista's_Biggest_Problem_Remains_Windows_XP,_Survey_Says
>
> Windows Vista biggest worry shouldn't be rival operating systems from
> Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but competition from Microsoft's own Windows
> XP.
>
> Microsoft Corp.'s biggest worry over Windows Vista shouldn't be rival
> operating systems from Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but remains competition
> from its own Windows XP, an analyst said Wednesday.
>
> "The big story isn't that 32% of the companies we surveyed said that they
> would start Vista deployments by the end of next year," said Benjamin
> Gray, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. "It's that companies have been
> hugely successful in standardizing on Windows XP."
>
> According to a survey of nearly 600 U.S. and European companies that have
> more than 1,000 employees, 84% of all their PCs now run Windows XP, up
> from 67% the year before. While XP may have peaked, Gray warned not to bet
> against the 6-year-old operating system. "There are plenty of companies
> looking forward to XP SP3," he said. That next hot-fix and patch rollup is
> to ship sometime in the first quarter of 2008, Microsoft has said, and it
> will reportedly be XP's last service pack.
>
> "Vista's biggest competition isn't Apple or Novell or Red Hat; it's
> Microsoft itself, it's XP," Gray said. So enamored of XP are businesses
> that Microsoft may feel obligated to extend the operating system's
> mainstream support past its current April 2009 expiration date. "I
> wouldn't be surprised," Gray said, although it might require some
> additional pressure on the company by its largest customers.
>
> Still, XP will eventually get the boot in favor of Vista, Gray said.
> "Vista isn't a matter of if, but of when and how," he noted.
>
> Nearly a third of the polled businesses -- 32% to be exact -- said they
> would begin deploying Vista by the end of 2008, while another 17% said
> they would start in 2009 or 2010. But more than half of all companies
> remain skittish about Vista, according to Forrester's data. A year after
> Microsoft released Vista to duplicators, 38% of companies claimed they had
> no plans at this stage to deploy the operating system. Another 14% said
> they just didn't know.
>
> Gray also echoed other analysts who last week said Vista plans had been
> significantly scaled back by most companies. "That's absolutely the case.
> In May 2006, 40% of the companies we surveyed said they planned on
> deploying Vista within the first year of its public life," Gray said.
> "Forty percent were planning on deploying, but by the end of 2007, only 7%
> will have started. Enterprises are absolutely pulling back from their
> very, very aggressive deployment plans."
>
> He attributed the lowered expectations to a lack of detailed information
> about Vista in 2006; too-high prices for PCs with 2GB of memory, which is
> essentially the minimum needed for Vista, according to company managers;
> and a larger-than-expected number of incompatible applications.
>
> "Application incompatibility is a big, big headache," Gray said, citing
> reports from companies preparing for a migration to Vista. Those firms
> said applications incompatible with Vista made up between 10% and 40% of
> their software portfolios. "That's causing a lot of XP shops to take a
> wait-and-see approach to Vista."
>

T-eye-bare-eye-us wrote:

> I can say it in a few words... VISTA IS CRAP, the worst modern OS I have
> ever seen.
>
Very true!

>
http://keznews.com/3734_Vista's_Biggest_Problem_Remains_Windows_XP,_Survey_Says
>
> Windows Vista biggest worry shouldn't be rival operating systems from
> Apple Inc. or Red Hat Inc., but competition from Microsoft's own Windows
> XP.
>
Very wrong! XP is an OLD and outdated and insecure operating system that has
outlived its usefulness. Time to move to a real, dynamic and innovative
operating system ... Ubuntu!

Cheers.

--
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http://tinyurl.com/2w8qqo

Frank - seek help immediately! Visit ...
http://www.binsa.org/

Yup and Microsoft themselves announced earlier this year that XP would
continue to be available until mid 2008. Obviously its not a problem.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@mvps.com> wrote in message
news:OoYdgQIKIHA.2064@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> They produce and sell both OS.. I believe that is what one might call a
> win - win situation?
>
> --
> Mike Hall - MVP
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx
> Posting Productively.. http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>
> "Alias" <alias@aliasmail.com> wrote in message
> news:fhko51$9tl$1@aioe.org...
>> Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
>>> The major point here is, its not Mac OS X or Linux, its Windows in
>>> general which is not scarying Microsoft.
>>
>> Microsoft is its own worst enemy.
>>
>> Alias
>

"T-eye-bare-eye-us" wrote:

> I can say it in a few words... VISTA IS CRAP, the worst modern OS I have
> ever seen.

I can't go as far as you. After all, some of us remember ME. Vista may have
some decent features. It also has some idiotic ones like their new file
mismanagement system. But even the decent features... and I'm at a loss to
think what they are… oh, it hasn’t crashed yet, are not worth much if there
are too many software and hardware incompatibilities. All I can say is even
10 months after it was released it's STILL not ready for prime time. MS
gutted many features and even then rushed to market an OS that seems more
like a beta release.

Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
> Yup and Microsoft themselves announced earlier this year that XP would
> continue to be available until mid 2008. Obviously its not a problem.

More like a last gasp when you have to depend on the previous version of
your product for sales.

Alias