IDC: Buy Windows 7 to save the economy

Posted on Wednesday, November 04 2009 @ 0:50 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

A Microsoft-sponsored study by research firm IDC claims Windows 7 will have a positive effect on the state of the economy:

Windows 7, released Oct. 22, is the much-ballyhooed update to the software that runs most personal computers. Microsoft hired research firm IDC Corp. of Framingham to conduct a study of the ripple effect of the Windows 7 launch. It found that American companies could hire an estimated 25,000 additional workers to cope with the Windows 7 launch, including about 2,500 new jobs in Greater Boston, through the end of 2010.

“There is a bounce effect based on the introduction of Windows 7,’’ said Amie White, vice president for global research at IDC.

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Re: IDC: Buy Windows 7 to save the economy
by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 04 2009 @ 7:56 CET

Yeah, probably best to buy it with a credit card.. because spending yourself out of a rough economic situation works soo well (preferably with even more borrowed money). =P

Reply by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 04 2009 @ 15:12 CET

Obama will say Windows 7 saved or created 250,000 jobs!

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