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Will Intel's snub of Vista be the first of many?
Intel isn't going to upgrade to Vista. Will other corporations follow suit?
Whatever happened to that chummy Wintel alliance? You know, the Microsoft Windows/Intel chip cartel that has long helped to cement Microsoft's hold on the industry?
In a significant snub, Intel has decided not to upgrade its 80,000 desktops from Windows XP to Windows Vista.
As an inside source put it:
This isn't a matter of dissing Microsoft, but Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista.
Is Intel a sign of things to come for Microsoft? Will the rest of corporate America discover that Microsoft essentially stopped innovating long ago and has failed to deliver a worthwhile upgrade to XP?
Meanwhile, companies like IBM are actively exploring Windows alternatives like the Mac. Microsoft has competition on its hands for the first time, and it only has itself to blame. If it can't build a compelling reason to upgrade, it can't expect to remain absolute controller of the desktop universe.
