Al Gillen
Al Gillen
bug business concerns fairly happen meaningful microsoft proven users wait
Business users typically have concerns about a new Microsoft product, and that concern was proven to be fairly meaningful when that UPnP bug was revealed. They want to wait for those things to happen and get fixed.
million pcs per year
They do 150 million PCs per year it's like a rounding error.
bend convenient marketing meet open people
Open is one of those convenient marketing terms. People bend it to meet their needs.
attractive companies reason stay
A lot of companies need a reason to stay with NetWare. For the NetWare installed base, NetWare 5.1 is going to be a very attractive product.
microsoft practical taking viable
Microsoft is now taking a viable approach, ... It's a more practical way to go about it.
current customers easier less microsoft migration move onto required touch
For Microsoft to get customers to move onto the most current product, they have to make migration easier and have a lot less touch required on the part of IT managers.
latest movement operating proceed systems users
Users say their movement to Microsoft's latest operating systems will proceed on their schedule, not on Microsoft's schedule.
fairly seemed
Vista seemed to be on schedule, so this was a fairly significant surprise.
adoption among base causing concern customers gain huge manipulate microsoft pain plans somehow using windows
There is a huge installed base of customers (over 400 million) using Windows XP, and Microsoft would gain nothing by causing pain or concern among those customers to somehow manipulate their adoption plans for Windows Vista.