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Whole thing is disturbing and premature.
Socratesfoot 16th Oct 2009
I found the whole article disturbing right down to the opening sentence that..."It is "nearly inevitable" that businesses will migrate to Microsoft's upcoming operating system Windows 7"

Why is it inevitable? We all agree that Vista sucks, but what is Windows 7 really offering that would appeal to businesses over XP Professional? Most still use IE6. Unlike individuals buying Windows for home use that have no choice, businesses will need to buy the ultra premium un-nerfed edition of Windows just to function, it won't come pre-installed and it isn't cheap. In fact, it's a lot of freaking money to spend on an XP M&M (That's XP with a candy shell).

It's so much more expensive that a Mac will cost you the same as a PC if you account for buying a legitimate OS. then you get all their genuine big brother crap making the install complicated. Why not boycott MS and wait until the price goes down or the compatibility gets better. Why the rush to install and all this talk about the inevitability of having to install an OS that hasn't even been released yet and is questionably not stable?

Then there are the wild cards in all this, Linux, ARM, mobile devices, and net-books. These can now be issued to some employees instead giving them dedicated workstations. An option that will appeal to many businesses with tight budgets. Microsoft isn't exactly a leader in the mobile market you know, Activesync was a horrid application even without Win7's bloated and useless security features and overhead mucking it down.

So in a race between the tortoise and the hare, It's bold and short-sited for Gartner to already be handing the trophy to the rabbit. I'm still holding out on the turtle. Because the race hasn't even started and it can only help businesses to wait.
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