Bad news for Microsoft
A new survey reveals that 84 per cent of IT pros don't have
plans to upgrade to Windows 7 in the next year and that half of respondents are
considering alternatives.
The survey, which was conducted by Dimension
Research and commissioned by KACE, a systems management appliance company. The
survey had 1,142 respondents and 99 per cent of them had a Windows installed at
their companies.
We don't know who Dimension Research are, but clearly they
didn't think through there questions very well. Windows 7 is in beta at the
moment, few companies would consider upgrading their operating systems until the
operating system has bedded in a while. The fact that 16 per cent are thinking
of doing so in the next year is unusual.
It means that IT pros think it
possible that they will upgrade their systems in just six months to make the
leap. The rest of the statistics make Microsoft look good. Within two years,
59 per cent of IT pros plan to upgrade to Windows 7.