Vista to Create 50,000 Jobs in Europe 270
prostoalex writes "A Microsoft-sponsored study found that Vista will be a boon to European economy, as it 'will create more than 50,000 technology jobs in six large European countries and will lead to a flood of economic benefits for companies there,' News.com reports. Europe will see a total of 1.2 mln paychecks thanks to the new operating system: 'In the six countries studied, more than 150,000 IT companies will produce, sell or distribute products or services running on Windows Vista in 2007 and will employ 400,000 people, IDC said. Another 650,000 will be employed in the IT departments of businesses that rely on Vista.'"
This is great (Score:5, Funny)
On the downside ... (Score:5, Funny)
Due to the cessation of Windows XP, hordes of people employed to manage, fix and repair systems based around Windows XP will lose their jobs.
Luckily they are mostly expected to get jobs managing, fixing and repairing Windows Vista systems.
Thats it? (Score:5, Funny)
this sounds like a driver problem... (Score:1, Funny)
Well, maybe you need to reinstall the OS.
Sure it will. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Sure it will. (Score:5, Funny)
Of course... (Score:5, Funny)
Solution? (Score:2, Funny)
They probably could fix overpopulation too if they'd ship cyanide capsules with the installation media.
Too bad... (Score:3, Funny)
How many more jobs would be created if ... (Score:5, Funny)
If this is how one creates jobs, one can create even more jobs if Europe switches to CP/M or IBM 370/155 or Cyber 170 NOS.
Re:TCO? (Score:2, Funny)
Where's the edit button.....
Re:Steve Gibson was right (Score:2, Funny)
Check his website Gibson Research Corporation [grc.com]