Study: 60% of Companies Plan to Skip Windows 7
Study: 60% of Companies Plan to Skip Windows 7
Posted 07/13/2009 at 5:24am
| by Paul Lilly
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In just a little over three months from now, Microsoft will release Windows 7 to an eager user base ready to put Vista in their rear view mirror. Or at least that's the general feeling among home consumers. In the business world, the reception for Windows 7 might be far cautious met with even more fanfare.
According to a survey conducted by ScriptLogic Corp., six in 10 companies aren't planning to purchase Windows 7, many of them citing a "lack of time and resources" as the reason. But it wasn't all about the money. The companies surveyed also voiced concern over compatibility of Windows 7 with existing applications a whopping 40 percent of companies plan to make the jump from XP or Vista to Windows 7 by the end of the year. If you're Microsoft, you have to be happy with those numbers, considering the economy has everyone scrambling to save money wherever they can, and software would be one place to do that.
As for the other 60 percent? They're taking the traditional route and will make sure the new OS doesn't break compatibility with an existing applications.
"The IT department must complete thorough testing to ensure that the applications we rely on each day, specifically radiology information systems and financial applications, will be compatible, before deploying any new platforms or software to our 1,500 desktops," noted Sean Angus, a senior PC technician at Middlesex Hospital.
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mesiah
July 13, 2009 at 9:51pm
I feel like I missed something. Was this article posted the way it is, or was it amended with crossed out sections once someone realised just how inflamitory and skewed the data was? If it was edited, I wish you guys would put a note at the end of your article saying it was edited and when. That being said, if I would have seen a version of this article with just the crossed out sections, I would have been outraged. 40% is huge. Most large companies do not upgrade their OS or other software very often. I work for a multi-billion dollar pharm/nutrition company, and I can tell you that we only upgraded to windows xp a few years ago, and we just got office 2003 last week. For 40% of companies to come right out and say "yes, we are moving to windows 7 shortly after it arrives" is staggering. Wether it actually happens we will see. I was promised dual monitors 3 months ago and I'm still waiting :P
comptech08
July 13, 2009 at 5:05pm
Get this, this week I am installing new computers and taking out the old ones for a financial company, other techs and I are contracted by Dell for this deployment. Anyway they are upgrading from windows 2000 to windows xp. :s They also said that the computers utilize 3 apps, maybe a little more depending on the postiion the user holds. I guess if its not broke dont fix it. I like that philosophy.
nekollx
July 14, 2009 at 8:17am
well see how they react in 4 years when XP is just a giant unpatch securioty vunerability.
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yagisencho
July 13, 2009 at 11:36am
This goes hand-in-hand with the related article: http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/survey_majority_businesses_wont_upgrade_windows_7_until_2011
IT departments at mid-to-large sized companies need time to test and migrate systems before taking the plunge. It was always thus. No news here, but rather typical eyeball-grabbing spin by the editors.
I love the magazine guys, but your web updates are nearly as smarmy as www.theregister.co.uk. And that's saying something.
horzo
July 13, 2009 at 3:17pm
Well said. Anyone who's worked in IT can tell you OS migrations don't happen overnight. When I left my last desktop support job (mid-2006) most of the company was still on Windows 2000. This definitely isn't unusual.
Keep in mind that many companies buy 2-3 year volume license subscriptions to Windows and Office, Upgrades are included in the cost, so M$ is getting its money whether the software is actually being installed or not.
ZayLay
July 13, 2009 at 7:08am
I agree, 40% adoption rate is huge. This is also a silly title to the article, what are they skipping too? Nothing else is planned. They just aren't immediately adopting the new OS, but as soon as their specific applications are compatible, they probably will. Which probably means they still aren't using Vista either, and are actually waiting to skip too Windows 7. The same problems I still have with Vista are the same problems i'm having with Windows 7. I can't wait to start updating my office computers from XP to Win 7. Skip Vista once Win 7 is ready.
DOOMHAMMA
July 13, 2009 at 7:03am
"OOOOHO FAILURE, CATASTROPHEEE!!@!!!!@111"
What people are missing is that 40% want to adopt, and it hasn't even been released yet, that is HUGE! I am sure that this is higher than XP or Vista was, so if anything, this survey demonstrates what a huge success that W7 already is. The survey itself states that many aren't going forward with it because, of a "lack of time and resources". So if they had those two, they would hop on the bandwagon as well. I realize optimistic news isn't successful news, but this is one of those cases where painting a story in the negative light is misleading (to me).
xRadeon
July 13, 2009 at 6:49am
I can see why some might skip over Win7, but, I think if they do they will have a very hard time with Win8, becuase by that time the difference between WinXP and Win8 will just kill companies. They'll have to buy new software, upgrade hardward. I would just eat the cost to upgrade to Win7 because that cost is going to be much less than the cost to upgrade to Win8.
nekollx
July 13, 2009 at 8:51am
Amen!
All this companies running XP keep missing the fact that XP is a decade old OS, Seriously i dare these big companies to name one component i ntheir computer infistructure over a decade old that isn't shwoing it's age?
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DBsantos77
July 13, 2009 at 6:19am
Love the "Rejected" design, I made a similar "Fail" one for counter strike :D
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