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> Vista Boosts Tech IndustryPosted by Daniel Fleshbourne on 11 December 2006 -
> 16:04 · 6 comments, 396 views & no trackbacks
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> A new IDC report on the impact of Windows Vista on the industry claims
> Microsoft's business partners stand to benefit more financially from the
> operating system than Microsoft itself will in 2007. According to the report
> on the U.S. economic impact of Vista, for every one dollar Microsoft makes
> on Vista in 2007, Microsoft partners that offer software, hardware, and
> services related to Vista will make $18.
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> "If there's a surprising thing to people, it's how extensively a Microsoft
> piece of software ripples out through the ecosystem," said John Gantz, one
> of the IDC analysts who wrote the report. "Microsoft, as a software vendor,
> casts a bigger shadow than its revenues." IDC analysts Al Gillen and Marcel
> Warmerdam co-wrote the report, released today, which was commissioned by
> Microsoft. The report also says that 35 percent to 45 percent of new PCs
> that ship to enterprises in 2007 will run Vista. "Some thought [adoption]
> would move faster," Gantz said. "But to me, that's relatively quick."
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