IDC is publishing a report containing new data on the impact Windows Vista will have on the IT industry and on the broader U.S. economy in 2007. The report is based on IDC's Economic Impact Model (EIM), and is similar to the study of six countries in the European Union that the firm released in September. (Full disclosure: Both reports were commissioned by Microsoft in order to give us an objective measure of the potential impact of Windows Vista on local IT ecosystems and local economies. We are often asked how a new version of Windows affects the Microsoft ecosystem and broader markets, but until now hadn't had a way to quantify it.)
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