Vista's security will be pain in the neck: analyst
Windows Vista's new security features will so annoy users that Microsoft won't meet its goal of 400 million copies in two years, a research analyst said Monday.
Although Microsoft touts Vista as its most secure operating system ever and is relying on security as a prime marketing message to corporations, the Yankee Group's Andrew Jaquith sees it as somewhat of an albatross.
"Microsoft's predicated its 400 million desktops within 24 months on three things," said Jaquith, a senior analyst with the Boston-based firm. "One is that corporate and consumers will buy a lot of PCs, two that they'll be interested enough in Vista to run it on those machines, and three, once they run it, they won't have a negative reaction.
