Microsoft’s partner ecosystem is bracing for the market disruption that will precede and follow the release of the software giant’s long awaited Vista operating system.
Hardware partners applauded Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ formal release of Vista Beta 2 at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) last week. But as the code moves from lab to broad beta testing over the next few weeks, partners predict that an avalanche of device drivers and application incompatibilities will crop up along with end users resistance to the new interface.
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