As Microsoft gears up to introduce Windows Server 2003 on Thursday, an InternetWeek QuickPoll shows that the company is becoming its own worst enemy. Fully a third of respondents in the unscientific poll said inertia, or satisfaction with Microsoft products, is their greatest barrier to upgrading to the latest version of server Windows. The second-place obstacle was Microsoft's pricing, according to about a quarter of respondents. And users cited their own IT budget constraints as the third most common obstacle.
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