A recent survey of over 1000 companies by Florida based ScriptLogic Corp, a leader in Network Administration Software for Microsoft Windows based networks, has revealed that most companies will be avoiding Windows 7.
More than half of the companies surveyed, 60 percent of them in fact, say they are going to skip the soon to be released Windows 7 in favour of sticking with their current operating system. We’ll get to reasons why in a minute.
Of the remaining 40 percent, 34 percent stated that they would have Windows 7 in place by the end of 2010 which of course will give them plenty of time to see what hassles there are, if any of course, after the release.
Only the remaining few companies, which amounts to less than 6 percent, will deploy Windows 7 quite soon after it is released on October 22nd, which is a lot earlier than when Microsoft originally planned to launch the new operating system, sometime in early 2010.
The industry reviews have been altogether very positive for Windows 7, so why are companies rejecting it?
After the diabolical disaster that Windows Vista proved to be, perhaps some people are just a bit wary until the new operating system has been tried and tested.
Nearly half of those surveyed actually stated a “lack of time and resources” as the main reason they wouldn’t be buying into Windows 7 and most of these are concerned about the cost and want to save money and had already skipped on upgrades and had cut back on other software. Who can blame them in these uncertain times?
Others appeared to be less concerned about the cost but more worried bout compatibility issues between Windows 7 and their existing applications. Yep, we’ll not forget Vista in a hurry and if you have a lot of workstations to cover, you really don’t want to be taking too many risks.
The survey quoted Senior Personal Computer Technician at Middlesex Hospital, Sean Angus, who said he wanted to wait until the first service pack was released for Windows 7.
“The IT department must complete thorough testing to ensure that the applications we rely on each day, specifically radiology information systems and financial applications, will be compatible, before deploying any new platforms or software to our 1,500 desktops,” he added.
Maybe Windows 7 will have more success with individual consumers; it will be interesting to see.
