Ballmer: Enterprise XP holdouts will get hell from users
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
It's not often that Steve Ballmer sounds like Steve Jobs.
Says Ballmer: "If you deploy a four or five-year old operating system today, most people will ask their boss why the heck they don't have the stuff they have at home." Ballmer's thoughts are being put into action lately. Microsoft recently revealed that it will move directly from beta 1 of Windows 7 to release candidate, implying a quicker release of the new OS than initially expected.
Additionally, Microsoft announced yesterday that it will issue discounted upgrade licenses to customers moving from Windows XP to Windows 7.