For every 1 dollar MS makes the rest of the world makes 18...

[MicroFox]

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Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December 2006 -
16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the
operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the report
on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar Microsoft makes
on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer software, hardware, and
services related to Vista will make $18.

"If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a Microsoft
piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said John Gantz, one
of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft, as a software vendor,
casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC analysts Al Gillen and Marcel
Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released today, which was commissioned by
Microsoft. The report also says that 35 percent to 45 percent of new PCs
that ship to enterprises in 2007 will run Vista. "Some thought [adoption]
would move faster," Gantz said. "But to me, that's relatively quick."

 

[Alias]

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Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December 2006 -
16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the
operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the report
on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar Microsoft makes
on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer software, hardware, and
services related to Vista will make $18.

"If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a Microsoft
piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said John Gantz, one
of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft, as a software vendor,
casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC analysts Al Gillen and Marcel
Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released today, which was commissioned by
Microsoft. The report also says that 35 percent to 45 percent of new PCs
that ship to enterprises in 2007 will run Vista. "Some thought [adoption]
would move faster," Gantz said. "But to me, that's relatively quick."

The rolling out of Vista is a repair tech's dream come true.

Alias

 

[Mike]

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Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December
2006 - 16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the
operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the
report on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar
Microsoft makes on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer software,
hardware, and services related to Vista will make $18.

Sounds like good news to me. Capitalism in action. Everyone wins.

Mike

 

[Bill Frisbee]

And how is this a bad thing?

Other companies make money... lots of money.


Thus Microsoft contributes to the economy and better business in general.


Bill F.

 

[Bill Frisbee]

Agreed, come January, there will be lots of people running to tech's to get
Vista installed, upgrade various hardware to support Vista, etc.

All in all better supporting our local and global businesses.

Yet another thumbs up for Microsoft.

Bill F.

 

[Alias]

Agreed, come January, there will be lots of people running to tech's to
get Vista installed, upgrade various hardware to support Vista, etc.

Don't forget "repaired".

All in all better supporting our local and global businesses.

Yet another thumbs up for Microsoft.

Bill F.

And yet another thumbs down from Microsoft for their paying customers
but what else is new?

Alias

 

[Alias]

So what? Same thing happened with XP, ME, OSX, etc. Same thing as buying a
new car, you go out and get new floor mats, stereo, seat covers, and better
tires/rims. You gat a new toy along with the accessories, whats the big
deal?

Actually, buying a car is much more stupid than buying an OS. OSes don't
usually take you for a ride to the hospital or the morgue. Myself, I do
cars as little as possible because I know that sitting in a moving
vehicle is more dangerous than being in Iraq.

Alias

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Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December 2006 -
16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the
operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the report
on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar Microsoft makes
on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer software, hardware, and
services related to Vista will make $18.

"If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a Microsoft
piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said John Gantz, one
of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft, as a software vendor,
casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC analysts Al Gillen and Marcel
Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released today, which was commissioned by
Microsoft. The report also says that 35 percent to 45 percent of new PCs
that ship to enterprises in 2007 will run Vista. "Some thought [adoption]
would move faster," Gantz said. "But to me, that's relatively quick."

 

[Alias]

And how is this a bad thing?

Other companies make money... lots of money.


Thus Microsoft contributes to the economy and better business in general.


Bill F.

Well, MS does well, the stock market does well. Hardware companies do
well. Third party software companies do well. The only one who doesn't
do well is the poor sap that parts with his hard earned dollars but, why
complain when 4 out of 5 doing well ain't bad. Kinda like the
commodities broker. The broker gets paid. The brokerage house gets paid.
Neither take a risk. It's only the customer who usually loses so 2 out
of 3 ain't bad, right?

Alias

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Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December
2006 - 16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from
the operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to
the report on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar
Microsoft makes on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer
software, hardware, and services related to Vista will make $18.

"If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a
Microsoft piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said
John Gantz, one of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft,
as a software vendor, casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC
analysts Al Gillen and Marcel Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released
today, which was commissioned by Microsoft. The report also says that
35 percent to 45 percent of new PCs that ship to enterprises in 2007
will run Vista. "Some thought [adoption] would move faster," Gantz
said. "But to me, that's relatively quick."

 

[Bill Frisbee]

Don't forget "repaired".

Repaired systems happen now, they happened in the past and they will
continue to happen, be it from someone breaking a "cup holder", sticking two
CD's in the drive or downloading something bad...

And yet another thumbs down from Microsoft for their paying customers but
what else is new?

So it's OK for Apple to bilk users nearly every year for mostly incremental
upgrades, no better than a SP most of the time, but its not OK for Microsoft
to release a new consumer OS every 5 years or so?

Explain to me how that is bad for the paying customer?

They get a new computer typically every 38 months in the US, and upgrade
OS's typically every 6.

But Microsoft is somehow screwing the customer?

Yeah OK... thats a rather strange little world you live in.


Bill F.

 

[Bill Frisbee]

Customer gets a new, more secure, more robust OS, that can take advantage of
the newer hardware released since XP came out.

Yeah thats a real bad thing.

I don't get it, Microsoft takes 5 years to release an OS and people scream
for either taking too long or supposedly ripping customers off...

Meanwhile some people whose only interface with Vista seems to be Slashdot
(or some other Linux oriented, Microsoft bashing site), Apple (or some other
Apple oriented, Microsoft bashing site) comments from the true fanboi's of
the world...

Bill F.

And how is this a bad thing?

Other companies make money... lots of money.


Thus Microsoft contributes to the economy and better business in general.


Bill F.

Well, MS does well, the stock market does well. Hardware companies do
well. Third party software companies do well. The only one who doesn't do
well is the poor sap that parts with his hard earned dollars but, why
complain when 4 out of 5 doing well ain't bad. Kinda like the commodities
broker. The broker gets paid. The brokerage house gets paid. Neither take
a risk. It's only the customer who usually loses so 2 out of 3 ain't bad,
right?

Alias

I wont comment on the following..

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Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December
2006 - 16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the
operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the
report on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar
Microsoft makes on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer
software, hardware, and services related to Vista will make $18.

"If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a
Microsoft piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said
John Gantz, one of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft, as
a software vendor, casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC
analysts Al Gillen and Marcel Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released
today, which was commissioned by Microsoft. The report also says that 35
percent to 45 percent of new PCs that ship to enterprises in 2007 will
run Vista. "Some thought [adoption] would move faster," Gantz said. "But
to me, that's relatively quick."

 

[Nina DiBoy]

Customer gets a new, more secure, more robust OS, that can take
advantage of the newer hardware released since XP came out.

Yeah thats a real bad thing.

I don't get it, Microsoft takes 5 years to release an OS and people
scream for either taking too long or supposedly ripping customers off...

Meanwhile some people whose only interface with Vista seems to be
Slashdot (or some other Linux oriented, Microsoft bashing site), Apple
(or some other Apple oriented, Microsoft bashing site) comments from the
true fanboi's of the world...

Bill F.

Don't you call Steve Ballmer a true fanboi of MS?

And how is this a bad thing?

Other companies make money... lots of money.


Thus Microsoft contributes to the economy and better business in
general.


Bill F.

Well, MS does well, the stock market does well. Hardware companies do
well. Third party software companies do well. The only one who doesn't
do well is the poor sap that parts with his hard earned dollars but,
why complain when 4 out of 5 doing well ain't bad. Kinda like the
commodities broker. The broker gets paid. The brokerage house gets
paid. Neither take a risk. It's only the customer who usually loses so
2 out of 3 ain't bad, right?

Alias

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Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11
December 2006 - 16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks

A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry
claims Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more
financially from the operating system than Microsoft itself will in
2007. According to the report on the U.S. economic impact of Vista,
for every one dollar Microsoft makes on Vista in 2007, Microsoft
partners that offer software, hardware, and services related to
Vista will make $18.

"If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a
Microsoft piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said
John Gantz, one of the IDC analysts who wrote the report.
"Microsoft, as a software vendor, casts a bigger shadow than its
revenues." IDC analysts Al Gillen and Marcel Warmerdam co-wrote the
report, released today, which was commissioned by Microsoft. The
report also says that 35 percent to 45 percent of new PCs that ship
to enterprises in 2007 will run Vista. "Some thought [adoption]
would move faster," Gantz said. "But to me, that's relatively quick."

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Priceless quotes in m.p.w.vista.general group:

"Price is actually no factor in piracy..." spoken by
Mike Brannigan

"But I'm not insulting people. I'm insulting Linux Loonies..."
spoken by Mike <[email protected]>

"No, I'm not sure. I was just making fun of Chad's typo."
spoken by Mike <[email protected]>

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

"...poor sap that parts with his hard earned dollars..."
All through his own choice.
No one is forcing anyone to purchase anything, much less Windows Vista in
any version.
Anyone that purchases any Microsoft product as well as most any other
product has full choice and makes a conscious decision to purchase or not.

 

[Bill Frisbee]

He run the company... what is your point?


Bill F.

 

[Bill Frisbee]

Um, what about the OS running on the computer in the car?


Bill F.

 

[Lang Murphy]

Fully agree. When I got XP, I had to buy a new scanner because even though
there was an XP driver, I could never get it to work. Tried multiple times
over weeks and no go, so broke down and got a new scanner.

Currently have an ATI TV Wonder Pro card in my relatively new Vista capable
Dell XPS400. No Vista drivers at present on the ATI site. So... when Vista
hits the shelves at the end of January... if there are no drivers for my TV
card, then I will have to weigh the cost of moving to Vista in terms of
having to buy the OS and buying a new TV card. That'll be my decision, made
without having a gun up side my head.

Lang

 

[Alias]

Um, what about the OS running on the computer in the car?


Bill F.

Drivers cause accidents, not OSes. More Americans have died on the
highway since 2001 than in the Twin Towers, Afghanistan and Iraq combined.

Alias

 

[Alias]

"...poor sap that parts with his hard earned dollars..."
All through his own choice.
No one is forcing anyone to purchase anything, much less Windows Vista
in any version.
Anyone that purchases any Microsoft product as well as most any other
product has full choice and makes a conscious decision to purchase or not.

If MS wasn't a de facto monopoly, you would have a point.

Alias

 

[Mike]

If MS wasn't a de facto monopoly, you would have a point.

If the competition wasn't so lame (Linux? too cheap. Mac? too expensive)
you would have a point.

Mike

 

[xfile]

If the competition wasn't so lame (Linux? too cheap. Mac? too

expensive) you would have a point.

Agreed.

But cheap is not Linux's weakness, user-unfriendly and little compatible
applications are, but don't worry, MS is moving to the same direction.

 

[David]

As a stock trader, you will notice the beat of the drum.

Buy Tech, Buy Tech.....per rum pum pum

If you guys want to make some money in 2007, seriously look at tech.