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Longhorn could be tough sell for Microsoft | |
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| Time: 08:13 EST/13:13 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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Longhorn has already survived several major delays, intense scrutiny from the industry and a radical redesign of its features. But the toughest test for Microsoft's next release of Windows is still to come: Will anyone buy it? Even though its been five years since Windows XP's debut, Microsoft could still face a tough sell when it releases Longhorn next year. With past updates, users had clamored for more stability and security, but analysts say people are pretty happy with Windows XP. "Microsoft for the very first time is going to be faced with the challenge of being the player whose (operating system) is 'good enough'" as is, said Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg. The challenge is one Microsoft has tackled for years with its Office software, but it's a relatively new problem for the Windows side of the house. | ||
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| #1 By 143 (68.248.131.217) at 3/30/2005 10:33:51 AM |
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...and will the EU bastardize this one? This post was edited by donpacman on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 at 20:10. |
| #2 By 23603 (216.94.216.26) at 3/30/2005 12:17:49 PM |
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Jeff: You have swithes back to OS X..... I pity you.
I have been running XP since it was out....so around 3 years. Sure the first release was buggy, but since SP1 and now SP2, I have also been running a trouble free XP OS. Maybe it is more of a user problem Jeff. Will I buy it, sure. Well it is more easy more me since I am on Entreprise licence agreement :-) I think that Microsoft has made enormous improuvement over the past year. I think that Longhorn will be more stable and more secure. SO long Mac...so long Linux. |
| #3 By 23603 (216.94.216.26) at 3/30/2005 12:44:54 PM |
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You are so right Mr. Dee
Those morons are so stubborn .. |
| #4 By 13030 (198.22.121.120) at 3/30/2005 3:09:46 PM |
| Windows 2000 is good enough! |
| #5 By 20505 (216.102.144.11) at 3/30/2005 10:18:29 PM |
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People will eventually migrate to Longhorn but I believe the big issue will be whether the upgrade will be compelling.
I notice that Microsoft has a new ad campaign to get Office 2000 users to upgrade to Office 2003. I personally don’t see a compelling reason to upgrade to Office 2003 and I still use Office 2000. I suspect that many users will feel the same about XP. You know XP is a pretty good OS. It’s stable and reasonably fast. MS had made it more secure, and with a planned upgrade to IE and the file system I probably won’t run out and buy Longhorn. I suspect many will also wait. XP is good enough for my old machine; maybe……with my next machine. |
| #6 By 9589 (66.56.132.28) at 3/30/2005 11:54:58 PM |
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About 130 - 140 million people will be using it within the first year of its debut - that's about the number of the PCs that are sold across the planet in a given year.
So, yeah, its a "hard sell" sure you're right! lol |
| #7 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 3/30/2005 11:59:10 PM |
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LinuxIsTheft is quite right...long before LH is available for sale, MS partners and professionals will have been running it and testing in labs and on personal rigs. Many months of evaluation, beta testing, bug reporting and work will go into running it in many environments.
MS Partners and Action Pack subscribers, systems builders and ISV's will be among the millions helping shape not only adoption, but what it does and how it does it. #10, your post suggests no familiarity with this process - one that is not new and one that has been repeated as our entire industry evolves. MS is one of the most significant leaders in our industry and works from a different perspective than that which you may be familiar with. This is precisely why MS is a good leader - it has funded a platform that it extends to millions - this is something that is not present from any other single provider outside of government [the US government, in fact]. Lacking a platform and a road map [a term I dislike, which needs to change], is why OSS and the *nix struggle and so often fail. No amount of passion can off-set that - though it is a key component and a great start. One must also have a plan, and a vision that is consistent, but not rigid. MS had and still does have that. This is not likely to change any time soon, and MS and LH will enjoy a great deal of continued success. Any one, or any number of us, may do the same. So MSUCKS, so can you. Get a bunch of really smart guys to work with you and come up with alternatives. It can be done, and nothing would delight Mr. Gates and company more. At the heart of the matter is a sincere desire to see "it" all move forward to a point where each person, in each role, in each location they need or choose to be, is seamlessly and securely followed by the information they need and want - to be both productive and entertained. I don't think at its base that Mr. Gates cares nearly as much about how we get there, so long as we do and that more than anything, is why he succeeded. Did you ever just want "it" to be so, and as a natural result of that aspiration, it became so - where work and ideas were driven by aspiration? |
| #8 By 23275 (68.17.42.38) at 4/5/2005 3:20:11 AM |
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#18, Ditto! and Amen!
And that is but a start and the depth and efficacy of integration and systems one can manage! |
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