Gartner Analyst Slams Windows as “in danger of collapsing”…

This article in the Times records Gartner Analysts as saying “Microsoft’s flagship product… has become so bulky and ill-equipped for the challenges of modern computing that it risks becoming obsolete”…

The article reports some bold assertions (which I can’t say I disagree with) which essentially suggest that Microsoft has missed the boat when it comes to predicting what the Market needed:

“Threats from new web-based models of software delivery, a shift towards low-cost computing, and a reluctance on the part of companies to upgrade their machines to new operating systems for potentially limited benefits, have all contributed to the possiblity that Microsoft’s dominance of the desktop may crumble, they said.”

“For Microsoft, its ecosystem, and their customers, the situation is untenable,” Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald, two VPs at Gartner, said in a presentation entitled ‘Windows is Collapsing’.

The original article by Jonathan Richards can be found here - Microsoft Windows ‘in danger of collapsing’, analysts say. Definitely worth a read…