computerworld - Forrester research compared the enterprise adoption of Windows Vista to the disastrous introduction 'New Coke' back in July. That's actually a pretty good analogy. I even think Microsoft will be readily willing to admit it too -- as soon as Windows 7 is ready to replace it in the 'Classic' sense. Two reports came out this week which show that Microsoft continues to fall in both operating systems and browsers.
It's been over two years since Microsoft launched Windows Vista, but fewer than 10 percent of PCs in the enterprise are running the successor to the company's eight-year-old Windows XP. That's only up from 8.8 percent in July. Still, a very Microsoft-friendly Forrester Research report uses this data to say that 31% of businesses are "Warming to the idea of Vista".
Perhaps because there isn't, as of yet, a way to upgrade directly from XP to Windows 7?
Considering that no matter what IT Managers end up putting on their desktops, new PC sales are tallied as Vista sales, that's not a high number. The only computers that can register as XP sales are the consumer-friendly Netbooks which are essentially useless with Vista on them. Sure Sony bravely puts Vista on their Viao P, but everyone who can get their hands one a can also get their hands on Windows 7.
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