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Windows 7 has just hit the market and the consensus seems to be that “it’s better than Vista”; hardly a glowing endorsement. Most speculation centres around it’s likely success and the speed of it’s mainstream adoption. However few pundits distinguish between the consumer market and the radically different corporate one.
While consumers accept service pack releases they rarely change the operating systems that’s preloaded on their PC’s. Most aren’t going to migrate to Windows 7 until they buy a new PC. Given the lack of compelling new functionality and the economic downturn, migration is likely to be slow rather than speedy.
Corporate buyers are going to be even more cautious. The lack of new functionality is a major disincentive to move and Microsoft has failed to provide a clean migration path from Windows XP. Moreover developments in cloud computing and browser technology are turning the desktop OS into a commodity. There will be no great rush to adoption.
