'Businesses should move full speed ahead with deploying Windows 7 today,' said LeBlanc, adding that companies that had already upgraded will be allowed to downgrade to Windows XP for at least another 10 years.įeedback from customers has revealed that the current situation is a challenge for enterprise PC administration, particularly when it comes to managing licences in a hybrid environment with PCs that have different end-user rights based on date of purchase, according to LeBlanc. However, Windows 7 has a market share of just 14 percent and, although a fast seller, has proved easy for enterprises to resist. The announcement coincides with the end of support for XP SP2 tomorrow, making the move from Microsoft seem very strange indeed.īrandon LeBlanc, Windows Communications Manager, said in a blog post that Windows 7 has a lot of customer traction, and that Microsoft already has over 90 percent of the enterprise desktop market. Microsoft is to offer enterprises running Windows 7 the opportunity to downgrade to Windows XP for at least another decade.
