If Not Windows 7, Then What?
Microsoft is already making noise about Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista due in late 2009 or early 2010. And while most IT departments that skip Vista will likely move from Windows XP straight to Windows 7, others are considering ditching Microsoft altogether.
“Because of the fiasco with Vista — and what a debacle that OS was — we’re probably not going to wait for another cycle of Microsoft products,” says one IT professional, who communicated via e-mail and asked not to be identified. “We’re looking at open source and the Mac as potential future suitors.”
He’s not alone. While Apple Inc.’s Mac operating system still hasn’t dented the Microsoft enterprise juggernaut, it is making inroads with businesses. Numbers from Forrester Research Inc. released in July show the Mac’s progression: From October 2007 through June 2008, enterprise market share for the Mac OS grew from 3.6 percent to 4.5 percent.
Linux had less penetration and less potential for penetration, the Forrester report concluded. So, while Vista might still take over for XP and Windows 7 looks like a sure thing to replace both its predecessors, Microsoft isn’t quite as much of an enterprise OS juggernaut as it used to be.
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