I’d imagine that if Window’s Vista were a person, it would probably be some kind of Frankenstein monster. This comparison seems logical as everyone has their pitchforks and torches out, ready to bring down Microsoft’s latest operating system (OS). InfoWorld is holding the biggest torch, as it has a petition trying to prolong the retail life of Windows XP.

The petition for “Save Windows XP”, started back in January of this year. Since its’ beginning, the petition has drawn in over 111,000 supporters. The petition was started by Galen Gruman. After talking with IT managers and technology officers, he discovered many didn’t find any reason to switch to the new OS. The big cause of the popularity of the petition, came by way of Microsoft’s decision on the future of Windows XP. Retailers and manufacturers will no long be able to sell Windows XP after June 30th of this year. For those who like to build their PC’s, then the software will be available until Jan. 31, 2009. Gruman and numerous others (111,000 others) believe that this is too early to give up on Windows XP.

While some analysts believe that Windows Vista is doomed for failure, an IDC report says otherwise. According to the report, Vista has a 14% hold on the operating system market. While this might seem like a low number to some, the IDC claims that it is on a positive curve towards success.

I’m not a huge fan of Vista, and am holding out as long as possible. I do believe it’s a little extreme to start a petition, and try to halt Microsoft from advancing their new OS. Of course, in a report today, a Microsoft spokes person has said that they purposefully added a feature to Vista that would annoy the consumer. They backed up the decision, by stating they were trying to make third-party developers release more secure programs. Even if they had good intentions, the words “annoy” and “purposefully” never make for good business, especially when people are already fishy of your product.

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