At the end of 2007 one thing is clear… Windows Vista is far from the Wow revelation that Microsoft aimed for with the late January worldwide consumer launch.
With Windows XP having dug in its roots from 2001 until early 2007, and owning the lion’s share of the operating system market (more than 85%), Vista enjoyed, as well as the alternative operating systems such as Mac OS X and Linux, little elbow room. Still, while Mac OS X and Linux are growing on a niche eroding small portions from under XP, Vista had to go head to head against its predecessor. And in this context, what initially appeared as a case of natural evolution from XP to Vista proved to be a complex ballet that saw the latest Windows client grow its foothold on the operating system market at a steady but slow pace. This situation generated criticism that simply added to the mixed reviews associated with Vista, downplaying the last Windows iteration. And even if Microsoft constantly labored to focus users on Vista, XP did manage to steal a part of the show.
With one month to go until the first year anniversary since Vista…