People in general don’t like anything new that requires getting “used to.” That may be part of the problem with Vista. According to a new article it seems it has been forgotten that XP wasn’t particularly popular when it was first released.
It has been 21 months since Vista was released to the masses but it is already running on 8.8% of enterprise PCs worldwide. Windows XP only had a 6.6% adoption rate 23 months after its released.
According to ComputerWorld and as we are all aware Microsoft has discontinued support for Windows XP on everything except certain UMPC and NetBooks. There are many calls for Windows XP to be reinstated on normal desktops and notebooks.
Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Washington, said,
"The uptake of XP was slower than people remember today and many IT managers labeled XP a consumer-only upgrade.”
Full article @ http://vista.blorge.com/2008/08/26/vista-adopted-faster-than-xp-during-same-time-frame/