Driven by economic difficulties and worries about their future financial capabilities, many companies plant to stick with what their computers are running at the moment. Most of them probably have Windows XP since the Vista was so disappointing that many downgraded it to XP. 

 

So Microsoft will probably keep the Windows 7 on the shelf all but for a few businesses until next year after the W7 is released. The new OS will most likely be released later this year or early next year. 

 

According to Dimensional Research, a market watcher firm which researched the reports about the early beta testers of the new OS, the corporate IT pretty much dread a new release. The findings of the research point out that a staggering 83% of businesses aren’t planning to get the Windows 7. Microsoft may want to extend the mainstream support for XP, which ends Tuesday by the way. 

 

“Software compatibility is the most frequently cited concern with Windows 7," the study noted. 

 

This certainly spells trouble for Microsoft, who could slip even further in the PC market and see its share get smaller. As cited before, the main cause of this aren’t the economic worries, but mainly the lack of trust that the new OS won’t be another screw up just like Vista was.