There is a ton of excitement about the official release of Windows Vista at the end of the month (okay, I'm exaggerating). Nothing is more exciting than how many jobs it will bring with it. No, Microsoft will not be hiring on staff to fix all of the potential errors and holes in it, but they did do a study on the impact of the release. Microsoft came to the conclusion that the launch will see close to
5,000 new jobs in the technology field for the state of Massachusetts alone. This is said to equal $2 billion in revenue for the industry. Where will the money and new jobs come from? Consumers, including businesses might require individuals to install the software. Then staff will have to be trained on using the new software environment. Add in another 6,500 companies in the state that will be involved in this equation by producing, selling and distributing Vista related products and services. Now on to discovering how many new individuals Microsoft is hiring on to fix potential issues with the new OS.
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Subscribe to commentsCount of Monty ZuneJan 24th 2007 10:38AM
Another anti Microsoft post. Gee get a new stick.
Try some journalismJan 24th 2007 10:43AM
You should read about broken window economics
before you start praising Vista as a boon to the economy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_window_fallacy
You're just regurgitating Microsoft press releases. I don't know if that's due to ignorance or done willfully for some sort of gain. Either way, stop it.
AlJan 24th 2007 11:20AM
I agree with Count. Maybe you should rename your blog to "Microsoft Death Squad"?
CameronJan 24th 2007 11:42AM
3 commentators, 1 thinks that you're proMS and two who think you are against.
And here I am, stuck in the middle again, because I thought this was pretty fricking neutral.
MarkJan 24th 2007 1:53PM
I'm not at all stuck in the middle. We've been over this, the new OS although extremely delayed is a very good upgrade. It's got lots of new security features and the new UI contrary to whatever you may think is quite good. It's overpriced, but no more so than XP.
Now either rename this blog to something along the lines of "Death to Microsoft (as aforementioned) and yay for random useless tools" or start being at least a bit impartial.
JohnJan 24th 2007 3:15PM
I read the article as very pro-MS, and if it's true, I thinkn it's fantastic. Capitalism at work.
enzoJan 24th 2007 6:00PM
Yeah, you tend to have an impact like that when you're the dominate software system in the world...
JohnJan 24th 2007 6:18PM
Very true, and thank god for it.