Will Microsoft’s Hardware-Upgrade Push Backfire?
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To be honest, XP will remain Microsoft’s biggest threat to Vista’s success. Much like Windows 98 was for XP.
Customers (and shareholders) are not the only stakeholders to which Microsoft is beholden. Hardware vendors are an integral part of Microsoft’s orb, too. The demands of these chip, PC and server vendors are not always in sync with the needs of customers.
The clash of Microsoft’s constituencies could surface in a major way as early as this year, when Microsoft is due to launch Windows Vista and a number of Office System 2006 products, including Exchange Server 12. [Read the rest]
