Microsoft-backed study sees Vista creating U.S. jobs

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By Ina Fried
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Published: December 10, 2006, 9:00 PM PST

A Microsoft-commissioned study estimates that Windows Vista could create 100,000 new IT-related jobs in the United States.

The study, which was performed by IDC, also estimates that for every dollar of Vista-related revenue that Microsoft takes in next year, $18 will be generated for the technology industry as a whole. "The bottom line is that Windows Vista is creating jobs," said Brad Goldberg, a general manager in the Windows client unit.

Microsoft commissioned a similar study for Europe that found the release of Vista could create 50,000 technology jobs in six major European countries. Vista was released at the end of last month for businesses and goes on sale at retail stores and on new PCs in January.

Source: news.com

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Yup, I think I'll be getting me a Vista MCSE... /:D" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt=":D" />

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in related news, in Dermont they found a skull of what it seemed to be either the lost link or the head of the invertor of microsoft os registry

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Finally, Fapper comes up with a half decent joke! Hoorah..!

The keywords in this article are the first few: "A Microsoft-commissioned study"..

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This is like dairy farmers paying for a study to see if Milk does a body good.....oh, wait, what's that....Oh, they did do that....

the least microsoft could do is set up some kind of pseudo disinterested 3rd party research firm to make it look like the results are objective.....oh, wait, what's that....Oh, they did do that too....hmmm