Windows XP To Windows 7 A Risky Path, Microsoft Warns


	Windows XP To Windows 7 A Risky Path, Microsoft Warns

hotdoge3

6-8-2008 7:07 PM

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sales of Windows licenses plunged 24%, compared with the previous year.

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Symantec chief operating officer Enrique Salem <A href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207801049">recently told <I>InformationWeek</I></A> that only a small percentage of the security <A href="http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=software&x=&y=">software</A> company's large business customers have upgraded their corporate PCs to Vista.
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