Vista Share Drops for the First Time In Two Years 332
adeelarshad82 writes "Windows Vista lost market share last month for the first time in almost two years, a sign that users are already abandoning the oft-ridiculed operating system in favor of the new Windows 7. According to Web metrics firm Net Applications, Vista dropped 0.2 percentage points during September to end the month at an 18.6% slice of the operating system pie. Windows 7, meanwhile, gained 0.3 percentage points, its biggest one-month gain since Microsoft began handing out the new OS to the public in January 2009. Windows 7 powered an estimated 1.5% of all computers that connected to the Internet last month, also a record."
Re:Not even October 22 yet... (Score:4, Funny)
what? (Score:1, Funny)
What's with all the M$ stories lately...?? I though /. was about Linux! just saying whats everyone's thinking....
Re:Not even October 22 yet... (Score:3, Funny)
unfortunately it was on msdnaa for a month and was then withdrawm
Are you sure it wasn't just because it got modded flamebait? Oh, MSDNAA...never mind.
Four Exceptions (Score:3, Funny)
It even became a joke at MS. Check out Bill Gates Last Day Video [youtube.com] @~5:40 Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie crack on BillG saying that they have to give credit where credit is due; Microsoft Bob was all Bill's idea.
Re:Vista's share doesn't matter (Score:0, Funny)
Bullshit! You piece of shit spreader of vile lies.
Windows Vista has the option of using the old style Win 95-esque Start menu. Winduhs 7 does not have this functionality. And the absurd hackjob flip style Vista start Window is nothing short of a "form" over function nightmare.
People like you disgust me. Why don't you just reach your hands in your pants, pinch off your butt cheeks and bleed to death.
Save Windows Vista! (Score:2, Funny)
Microsoft has said it may ditch Vista the moment Windows 7 comes out! They've since backtracked - but we need to make sure they know our feelings.
Windows 7 is CASTRATED APPEASEMENT to soy latte-sipping girly-men who wish they owned a Mac. We want a REAL operating system. An operating system that PERSONIFIES America's INDUSTRIAL MIGHT. That makes you feel AWE at the MAJESTY of the progress of its operation. VISTA is a monument to everything that makes us the country we are!
Like Chrysler, like Hummer, like Edsel - "Vista" is a name that will be remembered as the greatest operating system in Microsoft's history.
Just Say "No" To Seven -
SAVE VISTA!
Original blog post [today.com] - Facebook group [facebook.com] - we want ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEOPLE to join. So far we have just over a hundred. SIGN UP TODAY!
"I fully support this initiative. My computer business employs 200 people; the best possible thing for it is to make sure Vista continues and goes forward." - M. Shuttleworth, London
"I can't tell you how much Vista has done for my business. So many people depend on it." - S. Jobs, Cupertino
"Vista is the one thing that will keep people seeking out and using systems that are at the forefront of technology. It's been the best thing for all of us." - L. Torvalds, Portland.
"I'm ... I'm touched. *sob* I didn't think anyone cared. You guys. Developers! *sob*" - S. Ballmer, Seattle.
Re:Vista Beta (Score:4, Funny)
I really have no clue what you're on about. I tested the beta and RC for free and because I did so I was able to purchase the upgrade for my two windows vista machines for around $50 per licensed copy.
Not only did Microsoft NOT sell the beta (it was a free download, though they may have charged to ship it on DVD(?)), but they also gave the public who tested it a huge discount on the upgrade.
Get your facts straight.