____/ Rex Ballard on Monday 10 December 2007 23:38 : \____
> On Dec 10, 12:49 pm, "ness...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
> <ness...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> <Quote>
>
>> But despite these concerns, Microsoft says the business uptake of
>> Vista has met expectations and is following the same pattern as
>> previous major OS releases.
>> </Quote>
>>
>> http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39169395,00.htm
>
> I also found this one interesting
> <quote>Businesses remain unconvinced about the benefits of moving to
> Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system and most are delaying any
> plans to upgrade until 2009 at the earliest.</quote>
Microsoft has already phoned one of his friends, who also holds an 'analyst'
hat (his company is funded by Bill Gates by the way). They use those delays as
you quote as an excuse for scare tactics.
Buy Vista or die
,----[ Quote ]
| Gartner research vice president Michael Silver said that outfits have delayed
| their Vista migrations to the point of stupidity and now some are considering
| late 2008 or even 2009, while others mull skipping the OS completely.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/07/vista-die
For context:
http://antitrust.slated.org/www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/3000/PX03096.pdf
NY Times bans Microsoft analysts from Microsoft stories
,----[ Quote ]
| Just days after banning Enderle from discussing Microsoft because
| he has Microsoft as a client, the Times quoted Gartner analyst
| Michael Silver and AMR Research analyst Jim Murphy in a story
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| about Microsoft's Windows and Office software.
|
| If the paper would prefer not to quote an analyst who has
| experience with a client, it did a poor job. Silver is Gartner's
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| vice president in charge of client computing. Microsoft happens to
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| do lots of business with Gartner and also happens to have a
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| client-software monopoly. We're guessing that Silver knows
| Microsoft's products well and has direct involvement with the
| company.
|
| And, sure enough, he appears a number of times on Microsoft's
| own site and thousands of times in stories about Microsoft.
|
| Jim Murphy - wait for it - covers Microsoft too and is even more
| prolific than Silver.
|
| [...]
|
| Part of the problem stems from the reticence of companies such as
| IDC and Gartner to reveal their clients. That should make everyone
| nervous, but it doesn't. So called objective technology publications
| keep publishing material bought by vendors without telling you this.
| They're also too lazy or scared to ignore the likes of Gartner and
| IDC until the firms change their disclosure rules.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/15/nytimes_ms_ban/
Be aware that Steve Ballmer is caught shouting at analysts.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/07/open_season_seven/ (towards the end)
Microsoft's highly dirty tricks unfold.
> Remember that when Microsoft attempted to "Force Feed" Windows XP into
> businesses, it triggered a backlash that had almost 85% of all major
> corporations implement plans for a rapid transition to Linux if
> Microsoft tried anything similar in the future.
Well, according to Richard, Holland has just decided that Linux is more
suitable than Windows (even XP) for a work environment. Let's wait and see how
it's expressed by the English-speaking press.
GNU/Linux adoption will be fast, but you'll have shills like Gartner and IDC
giving you the /illusion/ that it's not happening.
> In the long run, only about 15% of the businesses, most of them
> midsize companies, switched to Linux exclusively. Many companies,
> such as IBM, simply integrated Linux into their IT infrastructure as a
> supplement to Windows, both in the server room, as well as the desktop
> and laptop environment. The procurement department made sure that
> every machine to be deployed in quantity could quickly be converted to
> Linux. Today about 90% of the PCs used in large and mid-size
> corporations can be converted to Linux in less than 30 minutes.
>
> http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39169304,00.htm
>
>> To repeat: Vista beaten by both Mac OSX and Linux.
>
> It looks like Vista may be a bigger "bomb" than NT 3.x.
Microsoft admits Vista screwed - report
,----[ Quote ]
| Vista SP1 is code named "Fiji", presumably after a pretty looking
| island which is paralysed by coups.
|
| In a statement regarding the service pack Microsoft admits that
| Vista has "high impact" problems.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37125
> Microsoft has
> been able to "Save Face" by offering OEMs the ability to "upgrade"
> their Vista Home Edition licenses to Vista Business edition, which
> then permits them to ship the machines as XP.
I don't think Microsoft had any other choices.
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
,----[ Quote
| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
Currys group blames Vista for poor sales
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| DSG, the group behind Currys and PC World, has warned that poor sales of
| Vista could slash its profits by around £20 million.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/131507/currys-group-blames-vista-for-poor-sales.html
DSG continues retailer woes
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| DSG, the company formerly known as Dixons, became the latest British retailer
| to report a drop in profits for the summer months today. But it wasn’t all
| down to the rotten weather – this time it was also Microsoft’s fault.
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http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/newsalerts/article/748756/dsg-continues-retailer-woes/
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