By and large, big business has shunned Windows Vista, and the big question for Microsoft over the next year is: Will the enterprise upgrade to (and buy hundreds of thousands of licenses for) Windows 7, or will they stick it out with XP for years to come?
Microsoft is hedging its bets. The team behind the next version of MS Office -- called "Office 14" inside Microsoft, no brand yet -- has insulated themselves against the very real possibility of low Windows 7 adoption rates: O14 will run on Windows XP, so it can be sold to corporate clients that shun 7.
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