Microsoft is losing corporate business. The business sector is reluctant to upgrade to the Vista operating system:

“…General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.

“We’re considering bypassing Vista and going straight to Windows 7,” says GM’s Chief Systems & Technology Officer Fred Killeen.”

link: Corporate America’s rejection of Vista

Not only is this a blow to the profit picture, it is a stinging statement of non confidence. The long term damage to Microsoft comes when corporate America starts to look for alternatives.

Catherine Forsythe
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