Microsoft: Negative Windows Press

It’s not turning out to be a good public relations week for Microsoft, as the following links indicate:

Gartner Says Vista Will Collapse. And That’s Why The Yahoo Deal Must Happen – TechCrunch

Microsoft Designed Vista’s UAC to “Annoy Users” – DailyTech

Gartner Analysts Predicting Doom and Gloom for Microsoft Windows – eWeek

Windows at risk of “collapsing,” say analysts – tgdaily

Gartner: Windows is Untenable and Collapsing – the Mac Observer

Windows is ‘collapsing,’ Gartner analysts warn – ComputerWorld

For Microsoft, its ecosystem and its customers, the situation is untenable,” said Silver and MacDonald in their prepared presentation, titled “Windows Is Collapsing: How What Comes Next Will Improve.”

Among Microsoft’s problems, the pair said, is Windows’ rapidly-expanding code base, which makes it virtually impossible to quickly craft a new version with meaningful changes. That was proved by Vista, they said, when Microsoft — frustrated by lack of progress during the five-year development effort on the new operating — hit the “reset” button and dropped back to the more stable code of Windows Server 2003 as the foundation of Vista. – ComputerWorld -

I certainly don’t believe it’s the doom-and-gloom for Microsoft Windows these articles may lead one to believe (have you seen Microsoft’s earnings). Microsoft with its incredible resources will no doubt continue to develop and support the current Windows versions successfully. Perhaps a company with lesser resources couldn’t pull this off.

However, It’s not surprising that Apple has been experiencing market success with its Mac and OS X computer line.

With the less then stunning success of Vista, Microsoft has certainly opened the door for both Linux and Mac OS X as more dependable alternatives to Windows.