Gartner: EU Pressure May Cause Windows Vista Delay
Rather than late 2006, Gartner strongly expects Microsoft to ship Windows Vista in Q2 2007. The analyst firm says the vendor's conflict with the European Commission over features in the operating system, especially built-in security, could cause a significant delay in a couple ways. Either the EC will actually bar the release of Vista in the European Union for anti-trust issues, or Microsoft will use its ongoing battle with the EC as an excuse to delay the operating system further. Gartner says a partial delay is a real possibility. Perhaps volume licensing customers will get their copies so that they can begin testing, while consumers and OEMs wait. We think, though, that would cause more problems that it would solve, and in the end probably not put more dollars in Microsoft's coffers. Manufacturers and retailers, after all, are already peeved with repeated delays and the likelihood that they'll miss another holiday season opportunity to capitalize on Vista. And in the long term, what would a show of weakness like that in the face of pressure from a non-U.S. governmental body do for Microsoft's position? Not much. Volume licensing customers are advised by Gartner to verify that their current support contracts will remain in effect in the event of another Vista delay. Shadab Husain Mo: 9335206224 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
