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90% of IT Professionals Don't Want Vista

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-so-sad dept.

A survey by King Research has found that Ninety percent of IT professionals have concerns using Vista, with compatibility, stability and cost being their key reasons. Interestingly, forty four percent of companies surveyed are considering switching to non-Windows operating systems, and nine percent of those have already started moving to their selected alternative. "The concerns about Vista specified by participants were overwhelmingly related to stability. Stability in general was frequently cited, as well as compatibility with the business software that would need to run on Vista," said Diane Hagglund of King Research.

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  1. Re:In Other News by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Exactly... and in other news, the sky is blue.

  2. Oh, yes, that's what we always say-Kernel 1.0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "It may well be wishful thinking amoungst the Linux faithful but there is a growing impatience with the endless Microsoft upgrade cycle"

    Good thing I never have to "upgrade" my Linux machines.