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83% of Businesses Won't Bother With Windows 7

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the count-me-in dept.

Olipro writes "Most enterprises stated they won't bother with Windows 7 for at least a year as they simply continue to distrust that compatibility issues won't occur with their mission-critical software ... The Million Dollar question will be whether the fact that XP upgrades to Windows 7 requires a clean install will prove to be Microsoft's undoing." I suspect that will change before they actually release the OS.

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  1. Re:The norm? by Mr.+Samuel · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I actually did something amazing right now and read the full article.

    While the business market typically tends toward caution when it comes to new products, the figure is nonetheless surprising given that almost no large companies migrated to Vista and as a result most have been using XP much longer than planned.

    So the article suggests my initial comment, but I don't see why skipping Vista implies an immediate move to Windows 7. Obviously XP works for people.

  2. Re:xp does the job well by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mod parent down, -1 redundant.