Does your telecentre have the money to waste on Windows 7?
IDC have just produced an analysis for Microsoft of why Windows 7 will be good for the industry (they did that in 2006 for Vista too, hmmm).
One of the reasons IDC say it will be good for the industry is "each $1 spent on Windows 7 will yield $10.21 in hardware sales, $4.43 in software sold, and $3.88 in services revenue."
(http://rcpmag.com/articles/2009/08/01/idc-predicts-big-impact-for-w...)
Every $ spent on Windows leads to spending almost $20 on related upgrades and software and services (says IDC). Think about that. Even if it's a massive overestimate and it's (only) $5 incremental spend for every $ spent on Windows...
Windows may be good for the *Windows industry*, but basically it's supposed to be an enabler to allow computer users to get things done. The corporate west may have this kind of money to waste on unnecessary Windows-induced costs, but development telecentres and most of the rest of the world outside the Windows-dependent ecosystem probably has better things to do with the little money they have.
One of the reasons IDC say it will be good for the industry is "each $1 spent on Windows 7 will yield $10.21 in hardware sales, $4.43 in software sold, and $3.88 in services revenue."
(http://rcpmag.com/articles/2009/08/01/idc-predicts-big-impact-for-w...)
Every $ spent on Windows leads to spending almost $20 on related upgrades and software and services (says IDC). Think about that. Even if it's a massive overestimate and it's (only) $5 incremental spend for every $ spent on Windows...
Windows may be good for the *Windows industry*, but basically it's supposed to be an enabler to allow computer users to get things done. The corporate west may have this kind of money to waste on unnecessary Windows-induced costs, but development telecentres and most of the rest of the world outside the Windows-dependent ecosystem probably has better things to do with the little money they have.
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