In an interview at a New York City event Tuesday to mark the extension of Microsoft’s collaboration with EMC to help IT pros improve virtualization, security and content management, Ballmer touched on the progress of Windows 7, stressing that its faster performance, longer battery life and simplified security settings will be “a pretty good step forward in terms of what users care about.”
For these reasons and others, Ballmer warns, enterprises that stick with Windows XP too long they will hear about it from impatient users who have been using newer computers running Vista and Windows 7 at home.
Says Ballmer: “If you deploy a four or five-year old operating system today, most people will ask their boss why the heck they don’t have the stuff they have at home.”
What planet does Ballmer live on? I think most everyone agrees that XP is far better than Vista. Windows 7 looks promising, but rarely do IT departments role out a new OS as soon as it hits the shelves. I think XP will remain dominant for several more years.
Also, XP is already 8 years old, not “four or five” years old, Ballmer. Time flies, doesn’t it?