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Corporate Trash Talk - Acer President Caught Dissing Microsoft and Vista
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Stating “The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista,” Acer president Gianfranco Lanci also said according to a report, the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and businesses no reason to buy a new PC. Kind of reminds me of that children’s story about the emperor’s new clothes, finally someone points out that Microsoft is a little bit naked. Consumers have been putting up with poorly designed MS products for years, it’s nice that an industry exec finally had the cojones to say tell like it is. So, Gianfranco Lanci I salute you.
Users are voting with their feet, Lanci said, so that the Vista launch has had the smallest impact on PC sales of any version of Windows in the history of PC manufacturing. He added the situation didn't look likely to change in the next six months. Many business customers have specifically asked for Windows XP to be installed on their new machines, Lanci noted.
While industry pundits have detailed user problems with Vista over the past few months, including sluggishness, the expense of acquiring hardware powerful enough to run the OS and lack of support for many critical applications, PC makers have so far looked on the brighter side. HP, Dell, Lenovo and Toshiba have continued offering XP-equipped machines, but these are generally aimed at consumers or small businesses, not large corporate clients.
Microsoft itself says Vista has been a smashing success, saying it had already sold 20 million Vista licenses by March.
(news.yahoo)
Via: news.yahoo
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