【Vista之家译】Windows Vista艰难的销售之路

【Vista之家译】Windows Vista艰难的销售之路

日前有大约12000人在丹佛参加了微软全球合作伙伴会议。在这次会议上，与会人士一个重要的感觉就是微软对Vista不遗余力的推介。

从微软高层人士的发言中获知，从Vista今年早期面市以来的100天里，Vista仅仅卖出了4000万份。

渠道销售商讨论认为市场拥抱Vista太慢了，人们不愿放弃可敬的Windows XP系统。

Vista之家（www.vista123.com）特别提供英文原文如下：

The Vista Hard Sell

Some 12,000 partners are in Denver to hear what's new from Microsoft, and so are ChannelWeb reporters. Our ace software team of Stacy Cowley, Rick Whiting and Kevin McLaughlin are all in Denver tuning in to the keynotes and walking the floors. Look for posts from all three of them right here in TalkTalk.
From Rick Whiting:

One can't help but get the feeling that there's a major sales push on for the Windows Vista desktop operating system here at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference.

The factoid that 40 million Vista licenses were sold within 100 days of the product's debut earlier this year was repeated in keynote speeches by chief operating officer Kevin Turner; Allison Watson, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Group; Mike Sievert, corporate vice president of the Windows Business Group, and others like some kind of corporate mantra.

Word on the street has been that the channel has been slow to embrace Vista and give up the venerable Windows XP. Conference attendees received in their show kits a thick folder labeled "Windows Vista Partner Resources for Small and Midsized Businesses," and keynote attendees found on every chair brochures offering financing and other goodies to carry Vista and a flier highlighting Vista-related breakout sessions and demos.