As reported by Computerworld in a copyrighted story dated 4/10/2008: A pair of Gartner analysts said that legacy code, lack of market responsiveness and competition will make Windows moot unless Microsoft makes radical changes. “ ‘Windows as we know it must be replaced.’ The two are quoted as saying “For Microsoft...the situation is untenable.”

Gartner is a well-known and widely-respected firm in the I.T. industry which provides research, consulting and event management services. To my awareness they have always worked from an underlying assumption that Windows and Microsoft were the only realistic choice for business computing – and I don’t expect that to change.

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Windows is 'collapsing,' Gartner analysts warn