With the economy on the grind, even Microsoft’s Windows 7 may have a cold opening on October 22 when its due.  And although Windows 7 has already been acknowledged as an effective OS much better than the Windows Vista, even this repute will not help the cause.

In a survey conducted by ScriptLogic Corp – a firm that helps companies in managing their Microsoft Windows-based networks – the main patterns hinting at this cold response are primarily related to money, while after money there are compatibility issues with the already in use applications. More than 1000 companies who responded to the survey said that they have kept money in their pockets by keeping software updates at bay.

Even the likes of Intel has stayed with the XP variant fueling rumors that the Windows 7 is unstable. Statistically talking, 60% of the participants will not deploy Windows 7, with 34% to do it in 2010 and only 5.4% to get it this year.

• 42% mentioned that the biggest problemwould be lack of resources
• 35% of the lot is doing it to avoid upgrades or delaying purchases to save money
• 39% of these participants expressed concerns over compatibility of the Windows 7 with existing applications.

So are you going to get Windows 7 on your machine? If so .. when?

Source: Reuters

It is been an intriguing query for years now. Google being the giant it is, they could never get of the beta tagging from all their applications, making people curious as to why such a huge concern has to stick to beta testers and not the ready form. While you might go looking for answers, the better option is to rejoice for the fact that Google Apps are out of beta tagging.

There wasn’t much in the query anyway. It’s just that Google felt the application wasn’t ready for the whole public. The tag would now be removed of Google Apps services, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Talk and Google Docs.

Gtalk incidentally has borne the tag for the longest duration of five years.

Ever since the Google Apps suite have been introduced two years ago, Google offered a service level agreement, 24/7 support, and has met or exceeded all the other standards of non-beta software. It wasn’t just fitting for more than 1.75 million large enterprises around the world, Google itself run their business on the Google Apps.

Great news eh?

[via GoogleBlog]