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Vista to Create 50,000 Jobs in Europe

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the working-for-the-man dept.

prostoalex writes "A Microsoft-sponsored study found that Vista will be a boon to European economy, as it 'will create more than 50,000 technology jobs in six large European countries and will lead to a flood of economic benefits for companies there,' News.com reports. Europe will see a total of 1.2 mln paychecks thanks to the new operating system: 'In the six countries studied, more than 150,000 IT companies will produce, sell or distribute products or services running on Windows Vista in 2007 and will employ 400,000 people, IDC said. Another 650,000 will be employed in the IT departments of businesses that rely on Vista.'"

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  1. Steve Gibson was right by sphealey · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Back around 1992(?) Steve Gibson[1] wrote a column in which he predicted that by the year 2000 50% of the world's population would be employed supporting Windows for the other 50%. At this point I don't think he was far wrong.

    sPh

    [1] The old SpinRite guy who wrote a lot of good utilities in the DOS era.

  2. Re:Well, in that case by tomhudson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Another 650,000 will be employed in the IT departments of businesses that rely on Vista

    No, no ... you've got it wrong. Its a feature, not a bug. Since every day will have to be "patch Tuesday", IT departments will be able to better integrate patching into their routine ... by hiring staff dedicated to it.

    Actually, the nubmers from the article are total bullshit. Those 650,000 staff would be employed whether the business used Vista or not.