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Originally Posted by tizmeinnit
But Microsoft are not in trouble plenty of places have avoided windows 8 and chose to install 7 instead a lot of these who have been happy and not spending money on operating system because they were happy with XP. While M$ are still selling OS's then they are not in trouble. I do agree with the mobile side of things though and imo Windows 8 should be perfectly usable in the mobile market but people have stuck with what they know and guess what that does?? yes it bares out my point that people are afraid of change  |
Microsoft may be in more trouble than you realise.
OK, so they aren't going to go tits up anytime soon, if at all. But, unfortunately, people carrying on using old versions of windows *will* be affecting their bottom line. Microsoft don't make money if they aren't selling upgrades.
Those that are looking to upgrade *are* in a lot of causes looking at alternatives to Windows. Alternatives that often take the form of iPads or any one of a number of Android tablets. Microsoft really should not be looking to help persuade people to move off Windows.
As for people being afraid of change. I don't think they are. Look at how quickly the aforementioned DVD took off. Within a year of launch, it had effectively destroyed VHS as a distribution format for films. But, it offered users a very real advantage over VHS. Given a real advantage, people are happy to change.