Windows 8 Even Less Popular Than Vista

New submitter NettiWelho writes with even more bad news for Microsoft. From the article: "Windows 8 uptake has slipped behind Vista's at the same point after its release. Windows 8 online usage share is around 1.6% of all Windows PCs, which is less than the 2.2% share that Windows Vista commanded at the same two-month mark after release. Net Applications monitors operating system usage by recording OS version for around 40,000 sites it monitors for clients. The slowdown for Windows 8 adoption is a bad sign for Microsoft, who experienced great success with the release of Windows 7. Data was measured up to the 22nd of December, so there is still time by the end of the month for Windows 8 to claim a higher percentage of the user base."

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Re:Microsoft - the company with two left feet

[Tough Love]

Billg stepped down as CEO days before MSFT started to tank. The writing was on the wall long before that, and Billg created the conditions for one of the greatest losses of shareholder equity in corporate history. Billg stayed on as "chief software architect" until 2006, by which time his complete incompetence in that role was more than apparent to all. I am very pleased with what Billg did to Microsoft, I just wish he had stayed longer and done it more. Ballmer hardly holds a candle to the level of wanton value destruction that Billg managed.