When Windows 7 launched, Microsoft was almost apprehensive about trumpeting it too much. Following the Windows Vista debacle, Microsoft was understandably gun-shy about overt bragging that might come back to haunt them in some clever Apple marketing campaign. Fast forward a year, and Windows 7 is a phenomenal success that has eclipsed expectations, so why are you still using Windows XP?
“I actually felt in the beginning we needed to temper expectations a bit…but a year later, we’re on track. We’re right where we thought we would be,” said Gavriella Schuster, general manager of Windows product management, in a statement.
Windows 7 has done a tremendous job of redeeming the credibility and reputation of the Microsoft operating system. I maintain that most of the perceived issues with Vista are just that–perceived–and that the few real issues it had were completely blown out of proportion. But, the reality is that Microsoft let its rivals spin Vista’s perceived issues into oblivion and killed any chance the OS might have had.
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