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Terrible article. Interviewing companies about their plans to move to Windows 8 less than a month after it's released? Of course the numbers are going to be l

Terrible article. Interviewing companies about their plans to move to Windows 8 less than a month after it's released? Of course the numbers are going to be low. I would be surprised if 1/3 of the people interviewed had ever even seen the product. Companies are known for keeping old software as long as humanly possible, not turning on a dime to adopt something that just hit the marketplace. The author then follows with a bunch of conjecture focused on how individuals make decisions, but corporations are not individuals, and don't make decisions like "maybe I should just buy a mac" on a whim. There are lots of things to consider like your current system architecture, your employee's skillsets, corporate software, the cost of purchasing hundreds or thousands of new machines, etc. etc. So what are you trying to analyze, individual decision making or corporate decision making? Because the two are completely different. This article is literally the bottom of the barrel when it comes to tech news, and I hate that I took time out of my day to read it.

captainchaos 14y ago
I agree. I think the bad assumption is "If I’m Going To Have To Buy New Computer Hardware Anyway…" You don't. I don't think most people running Windows 8 think they need to buy a touchscreen. PS: People seem to disregard that 4M people upgraded to Windows 8 within a few days of release. That's about the same number of new Macs purchased in an entire quarter. Microsoft made the upgrade path to Windows 8 far simpler than any prior release.
gizzlon 14y ago
Also, I believe a lot of companies and people skipped Vista and was eager to upgrade to Windows 7. But I still think his overall point holds: "force" people to choose and they might choose something else.
HelloMcFly 14y ago
I agree. I was surprised that many people planned to switch to Windows 8 already.
maskedinvader 14y ago
agree with you on this, the article was awful, seemed like the author could conclude based on survey results less than a month from the release of the new operating system whether companies would switch to it, well guess what I work at a large bank where hundreds of thousands of computers still use windows xp and it just works, saying they will upgrade next to alternative OS is just ridiculous, yes some mainstream non corporate users might look at something like Mac OS but to say that the change is windows 8's cardinal sin is rubbish, also comparing it to netflix's pricing debacle, I don't see how that is same as microsoft releasing new version of windows.Is the author suggesting that Microsoft should have just upgraded windows 7 and kept the ui alike ? the same author I bet would have gone on to write another article with the same title outlining how not changing has given users the choice to switch.. seems like Microsoft can never win !

captainchaos 14y ago

I agree. I think the bad assumption is "If I’m Going To Have To Buy New Computer Hardware Anyway…" You don't. I don't think most people running Windows 8 think they need to buy a touchscreen. PS: People seem to disregard that 4M people upgraded to Windows 8 within a few days of release. That's about the same number of new Macs purchased in an entire quarter. Microsoft made the upgrade path to Windows 8 far simpler than any prior release.

gizzlon 14y ago

Also, I believe a lot of companies and people skipped Vista and was eager to upgrade to Windows 7. But I still think his overall point holds: "force" people to choose and they might choose something else.

HelloMcFly 14y ago

I agree. I was surprised that many people planned to switch to Windows 8 already.

maskedinvader 14y ago

agree with you on this, the article was awful, seemed like the author could conclude based on survey results less than a month from the release of the new operating system whether companies would switch to it, well guess what I work at a large bank where hundreds of thousands of computers still use windows xp and it just works, saying they will upgrade next to alternative OS is just ridiculous, yes some mainstream non corporate users might look at something like Mac OS but to say that the change is windows 8's cardinal sin is rubbish, also comparing it to netflix's pricing debacle, I don't see how that is same as microsoft releasing new version of windows.Is the author suggesting that Microsoft should have just upgraded windows 7 and kept the ui alike ? the same author I bet would have gone on to write another article with the same title outlining how not changing has given users the choice to switch.. seems like Microsoft can never win !