研究,委任由微軟,估計超過6,500家公司在馬薩諸塞在與景色相關的產品的生產、銷售或者發行將介入。
OK, the Patriots lost — but it’s not all doom and gloom for New Englanders. According to a study released Monday, the rollout of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system this year will create 5,000 new tech jobs and generate $2 billion in additional revenue for the technology industry in the state of Massachusetts.
In 2007, 18% of total IT employment in the state will be Vista-related, as businesses and consumers purchase the software and related products, hire third parties to install it, and train workers to use it, according to the study, which was carried out by IDC and commissioned by Microsoft. “We expect that in the first year of Windows Vista shipments, this ecosystem will sell more than $2 billion of Windows Vista-related products and services in Massachusetts,” IDC chief research officer John Gantz said in a statement.
The study estimates that more than 6,500 companies in Massachusetts will be involved in the production, sales, or distribution of Vista-related products. It also forecast that each dollar of Windows Vista-related revenue earned
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