The advancement of technology, new software and the large number of competitors can soon cause the Windows operating system to become obsolete and out of circulation.

This is what renowned American analysts said at a conference called "Windows is collapsing" in Las Vegas, United States. These experts recommended that Microsoft stop focusing on its operating system and bet more on direct-use software on the Internet.

From its first 1985 release to Windows Vista 2007, Microsoft's boss car has been the preferred of users. But the star's hegemony of Bill Gates' company may suffer a serious setback if it does not make drastic changes to its operating system.

Analysts Michael Silver and Neil MacDonald, Gartner Technology Consulting Company, made it very clear: "Microsoft is not responding to the market, is overwhelmed by an inheritance of almost two decades of codes and decisions, and is facing a very serious competition."

Stagged

Microsoft is not developing new products, but just re-editing those it already has, in the opinion of the consultants. This makes the complexity of Windows Vista, the latest version of Windows, with more than 50 million lines of codes (double than in its 1996 version), very unstable and uncertain in the future. A mistake that prevents you from following the rhythm of the technological whirlwind and that will leave you stagnant.

For Silver and MacDonald, the best option for Microsoft would be to bet less on Windows the way it is now and more on programs that offer the same as your Office package, but directly online.

Currently, internet users have access through the network to programs, such as a Word-style text editor. As proof of the power that is taking this medium, Microsoft launched a package of Office over the Internet last month. Similarly, Google offers similar services.

Vista, an error

The result of this lethargy in Microsoft innovation is clear mainly in sales. In statements on ComputerWorld, Silver and MacDonald stated that "many users did not understand the benefits of Windows Vista or did not consider it as good as the previous version, Windows XP".

This caused users to refuse, on the one hand, to pay the high price of Vista and, on the other, to have to become familiar with a different system.

A survey conducted by the same consultant Gartner in 2006 showed that about 9% of the companies using Windows would migrate to the Vista version. However, a year later, the results were very different: only 1% of these companies exchanged.

[.Earth Technology.]