But what about the main loser OSes? You know, the ones that have only a tiny fraction of Vista's marketshare, even though they have been on the market longer?
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&qptimeframe=M&qpsp=108&qpnp=11&qpdt=1&qpct=2
So, to extrapolate based on marketshare, the response would then go something like:
OSX (being generous here, since the worldwide OSX marketshare is way lower even):
"No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No"
And in the case of Linux:
"No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No"
Ouch! Now what?
CIOs vote on Vista for '09
Summary
Silicon.com's CIO jury ruled unanimously on the question of whether to implement Microsoft Windows Vista in 2009.
Topics
The latest silicon.com CIO Jury has unanimously voted that they are not ready to invest in Microsoft's latest OS Vista.
When asked if they had any plans to implement Vista, which has been subject to criticism since its launch two years ago, not one of the CIOs who replied responded positively.
The results show CIOs have not warmed to the operating system over the last year. In fact, they may have cooled even further. This time last year, the CIO Jury voted 11 to one against plans to implement Vista in 2008.
CIOs and other heads of IT still believe there is little business value in migrating from XP to Vista, especially in the current economic climate.
One juror highlighted his plan to stick with XP until Windows 7 reaches a stage in development when it becomes deployable - a view echoed by several CIOs.
Mike Roberts, IT Director at private hospital, The London Clinic said: "There is little point in the expense. We will assess Windows 7 after Service Pack 1 is released because we do not want to be hit with reliability, security and compatibility issues."
However, another juror is still holding out hope for Vista, with a view to rolling it out when his next OS refresh is due in 2011.Madhushan Gokool, head of IT at Storm Models, said: "We would only start looking at Vista at our next hardware upgrade period [which is in two years]."
Perhaps the most emphatic and comprehensive response to the question of whether to deploy Vista came from Jacques René, CIO of Ascend, who said: "No, No, No!"
In this CIO Jury was:
• Florentin Albu, Manager, ICT, EUMETSAT
• Ben Booth, European and UK CTO, Ipsos
• Pete Crowe, IT Director, Fat Face
• Mark Dearnley, CIO, C&W
• Kevin Fitzpatrick, CIO, Northern Europe, Sodexo
• Martin Frick, CIO, Avis Europe
• Madhushan Gokool, IT Manager, Storm Model Management
• Iain Hepburn, IT Director, Clarke Willmott
• Jacques René, CIO, Ascend
• Jeff Roberts, Director of IT, Norton Rose
• Mike Roberts, IT Director, The London Clinic
• Richard Storey, Head of IT, Guys & St Thomas' Hospital
Talkback Most Recent of 28 Talkback(s)
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Qbt2nd Dec 2008 -
But OS X has market growth
Were as Windows as a whole has been losing market share.
nucrash2nd Dec 2008 -
Vista, all by its lonesome
has more market growth then OSX...
OSX is marginally better then XP, an ancient OS.
Vista, even with all the bad press can kick OSX's @ss?
Not sure that bodes well for Apple, as most of these CIO's are waiting for Win7, not switching.
Sounds more like Apple is about to fall flat on its face when Win7 is released.
mdemuth2nd Dec 2008 -
Buy a new PC with Windows XP.
Odds are, even if you buy a new PC, you are given the choice of Vista, or Vista Downgraded to XP, which guess what... is still a Vista License. Then you have to could the 2 hour trip that some, much like myself, would have to take, just to get to a Mac store. So forgive Apple for not penetrating the market like netbooks. They couldn't supply the market if they wanted to.
The fact of the matter is, even though they are growing, the market share for Vista is shrinking. The switch wouldn't be overnight, but the trend is already there. I doubt that Apple gets over 15% of the market here in the next few years, but that is 10% better than just a couple of years ago.nucrash3rd Dec 2008 -
Agree
I agree with you dude. When Windows 7 will be released that blue bar will much longer
shellcodes_coder3rd Dec 2008 -
This Is Hilarious
You post an article yesterday saying how CIOs are out of touch with information technology, now they are voting to not implement Vista in 2009.
Maybe they really aren't out of touch.
itanalyst2@...2nd Dec 2008 -
your hilarious
and you didnt even read the article...
homless2nd Dec 2008 -
Missing something???
I believe you are missing something. You talk about market share growth for OSX, but let's get a dose of reality, shall we??
Taking the current "growth" rate of OSX marketshare averaged over the last year, and assuming that Windows share will go down at the same pace (it won't, since you can also run Windows on Macs, and Macs just doesn't play well in the enterprise), it will take 28.6 years for OSX to surpass the marketshare of Windows.
And that ignores the fact that OSX's worldwide marketshare is even lower than the US share.
Seriously, while there are some fractional increases over time, the reality of the situation is that Windows is still way ahead of OSX, and will be the most popular choice by far for many many years to come. OSX is and will be a bit player for a long time.
Deal with it.Qbt2nd Dec 2008 -
Qbt2nd Dec 2008
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Missing something??
I believe you are missing something. You talk about market share growth for OSX, but let's get a dose of reality, shall we??
Taking the current "growth" rate of OSX marketshare averaged over the last year, and assuming that Windows share will go down at the same pace (it won't, since you can also run Windows on Macs, and Macs just doesn't play well in the enterprise), it will take 28.6 years for OSX to surpass the marketshare of Windows.
And that ignores the fact that OSX's worldwide marketshare is even lower than the US share.
Seriously, while there are some fractional increases over time, the reality of the situation is that Windows is still way ahead of OSX, and will be the most popular choice by far for many many years to come. OSX is and will be a bit player for a long time.
Deal with it.Qbt2nd Dec 2008 -
I give up on this retarded forum...
C'mon ZDNet, can't you get a forum that doesn't look and function like someone's "My First Forum" school project out of the 90's?
And one that doesn't post messages at the root when you clearly click on the "Reply To Message".
You guys somehow got stuck in the 90's.Qbt2nd Dec 2008 -
did ...
somebody P in your cereal this morning?
^o^
n0neXn0ne2nd Dec 2008 -
So...
So you say you like this 90's type forum? Let me guess, you also like OSS. Another example of something stuck in the 90s.Qbt2nd Dec 2008 -
If you dont like it
If you don't like it you do have the choice to go away.
thelivo2nd Dec 2008 -
Unlike buying a PC
You do have options. When Buying a new PC, it's Windows Vista or shell out for a new Mac. Or build your own.nucrash3rd Dec 2008
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