Mine is the real reality. Vista is going down, just like I predicted 2 years
ago, months before it was officially released.. and after a few seconds of
using it, I knew it was doomed. Not even 300 million will save it from the
graveyard of stinky OS's.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1501

The same day that Forrester Research is touting yet another of a growing
number of studies claiming Vista is failing to gain traction in the
enterprise, Microsoft is claiming just the opposite.

In a presentation at Microsoft’s annual Financial Analyst Meeting in Redmond
on July 24, company officials outlined their bullish projections and claims
for Windows Vista. But it wasn’t the facts and figures that garnered the
most attention from attendees here; instead, it was a video of a focus group
of Vista skeptics who changed their originally negative opinions of
Microsoft’s latest Windows release once they had a chance to see it
demonstrated.

Microsoft told the focus group participants that they were seeing a demo of
“Mojave,� (why not “Midori�?) an as-yet-unannounced Windows release (which
was actually Windows Vista). The participants, a number of whom admitted
they had no direct hands-on experience with Vista, said they were jazzed
about Mojave and would definitely use it once it was released.

The Mojave demo was used to back Microsoft’s contention that once they had a
chance to try Vista for themselves, customers liked the product.

Forrester Research issued new study results today claiming that 18 months
after release, “Vista is still struggling to gain a foothold in large
companies.� Forrester called Vista the “new Coke.�

Forrester said that Vista use remains in the single digits (�just under nine
percent according to Forrester’s month-by-month desk-top analysis of 50,000
of our enterprise clients across 2,300 companies. That’s up from six percent
in January of this year, but far short of the 87 percent penetration for
Windows XP.�)

Meanwhile, Bill Veghte, Senior Vice President for Online Services and
Windows Business Group, told FAM attendees today that Vista’s uptake among
business users is solid. He said Vista enterprise sales were up 20 percent
and renewal rates for Software Assurance among business users were greater
than 80 percent. (Not surprisingly, there were no stats in Veghte’s
presentation about what percentage of business users are downgrading to XP,
one of their “benefits� under the Software Assurance program.)

The answer to whether Vista is growing among enterprise users is “an
emphatic yes,� Veghte said.

Veghte said that the higher end of the mid-market also is beginning to
upgrade more rapidly to Vista.

Microsoft identifies the business version of Vista as Vista Enterprise,
coupled with the optimized desktop (Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack, or
MDOP). Veghte told FAM attendees that Microsoft is readying a set of new
MDOP updates for later this year.

Veghte also emphasized that three quarters of Microsoft’s customers are
opting for “premium� versions of Vista, rather than bare-bones, lower-priced
ones (like Vista Home Basic.) He told attendees of FAM that Microsoft will
be “aggressive� in getting PC makers to attached Genuine Windows (rather
than pirated versions of the product) right out of the gate.

“Perception vs. reality — that’s a conversation we need to have with our
customers this year,� Veghte said.

Do you agree with Microsoft Vista’s biggest challenge is perception, not
performance, at this point? Or do you think Forrester is closer to reality
with “Vista is the ‘new Coke’ analogy?

"zuoer" <XP@ru.com> wrote in message news:4888f79d@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> >There are literally millions & millions of satisfied users verses you,
> the known failure
>
> No one with a brain likes vista....

You just don't understand Vista or any Windows OS. YOu need to be running
DOS 6.22 or Ubuntu.
>
> the smarter they are, the more they dislike it.

You are dumber than Kevin Putzke
>
> Since you love it, that makes you a total moron.

If you had bonus points you wouldn't even make it to moron.

>
> But we all knew that, didn't we? LOL
>
>

You don't know what WE know. You aren't smart enough

>
>
>

Boring, boring. Would you mind posting this drivel somewhere else? This is
supposed to be a forum for mutual support and learning, not a grandstand for
prejudiced bigots like you.

SteveT

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:49:41 +0100, "Steve Thackery"
<nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Boring, boring. Would you mind posting this drivel somewhere else? This is
>supposed to be a forum for mutual support and learning, not a grandstand for
>prejudiced bigots like you.

EVERY poster in this thread is a freakin' troll and an idiot.

Are you one of them? Do you plan on replying to them regularly?

You are boring. This is a *NEWS*group about Vista.GENERAL

it has NEWS about Vista in GENERAL...!!! DAHH......

If you want a support group please join another moderated forum...

you wont find help in here.. besides vista is beyond any help!




"Steve Thackery" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:OcX13cd7IHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Boring, boring. Would you mind posting this drivel somewhere else? This
> is
> supposed to be a forum for mutual support and learning, not a grandstand
> for
> prejudiced bigots like you.
>
> SteveT

Adam Albright's Psychiatrist wrote:
> "zuoer" <XP@ru.com> wrote in message news:4888f79d@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>> There are literally millions & millions of satisfied users verses you,
>> the known failure
>>
>> No one with a brain likes vista....
>
> You just don't understand Vista or any Windows OS. YOu need to be running
> DOS 6.22 or Ubuntu.
>> the smarter they are, the more they dislike it.
>
> You are dumber than Kevin Putzke
>> Since you love it, that makes you a total moron.
>
> If you had bonus points you wouldn't even make it to moron.
>
>> But we all knew that, didn't we? LOL
>>
>>
>
> You don't know what WE know. You aren't smart enough
>

After looking at the original post from 'zuoer' this is not Ringmaster.
It's in the type of post it makes that identifies it. It has a unique
posting type, and Albright no matter what form it comes in doesn't use it.

The poster was "Clear Windows" and several other posters but not
RingMaster Albright.