Culture and Context:
Vista jumpstarts the tech economy
By Susan Miller
Published on January 22, 2007 - 03:57 AM
Microsoft sponsored some IDC research on the economic impact of Vista. There are three separate, but similar, reports that take the number of desktops running a Microsoft operating system and calculate the downstream economic impact of those desktops converting to Vista. Third-party Vista-related software development is also factored in. The conclusion is that upgrading the Vista is not only good for Microsoft, it’s good for business in New York, New Jersey and Florida -– and presumably everywhere else.
From the New York profile:
In 2007 as many as 16,000 IT companies in New York will produce, sell, or distribute products or services running on Windows Vista and employ more than 45,000 people. Another 88,000 people will be employed at IT-using firms installing, servicing, and supporting Windows Vista or designing, installing, servicing, and supporting software that works with Windows Vista.
This means that in New York, where the ecosystem built around Microsoft software involves 260,000 workers, Windows Vista-related employment will reach 17% of total IT employment in its first year of shipment.
Is it a good idea for one product to involve 17% of the total IT employment?
Get links to all three reports on Docuticker:
The Economic Impact of Windows Vista in Three States.
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