60% of companies plan to skip Windows 7
 

Six in 10 companies in a survey plan to skip the purchase of Microsoft Corp's Windows 7 computer operating system, many of them to pinch pennies and others over concern about compatibility with their existing applications.

Windows 7 will be released October 22, but has already garnered good reviews, in contrast to its disappointing current version, Windows Vista.

Many of the more than 1,000 companies that responded to a survey by ScriptLogic Corp say they have economized by cutting back on software updates and lack the resources to deploy Microsoft's latest offering.

http://www.reuters.com/article/techn...56C0NC20090713

This is supposed to be bad news or unexpected? 40% adoption rate would be excellent for a new OS.

skipping and waiting isn't the same


34% buying at launch year, I want to see the happy dance Balmer does when he reads this (could be the new developers video).