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In fact, few of the major PC companies will let an individual customer order Windows 95 as an option, which obviously boosts Windows 98 market share among consumers. It should be noted that while PC makers allow corporate customers to purchase computers with Windows 95 pre-loaded, most regular home consumers do not have that luxury.

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The majority favor Window 95 OSR2, the most recent upgrade to the original release. 'There is probably a pent-up demand from companies who have put off purchases because of Y2K.'Ĭomputer makers are the first to note that they ship more systems to corporate customers with Windows 95 than Window 98. 'For those systems that can accommodate it, I expect to see a migration to Windows 2000, although it will vary from company to company,' Davis said. Many buyers are indeed waiting for the next version and for the Y2K dust to clear, analysts say. These companies follow the adage, 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it,' when it comes to testing and implementing new software, he said.

'It ships only to big companies that have long-term contracts,' he said. A testament to this conservatism is the fact that Microsoft's Windows 3.11 operating system, released in 1992, still shipped 1.3 million units last year, according to Kusnetzky.

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'This is five months of sales compared to a full year for Windows 95.'Īnother factor in 95's favor: Corporate buyers are notoriously conservative. 'This is not an apples-to-apples comparison,' a company spokesperson said. Microsoft, for its part, contends that such comparisons in market share are invalid because of the midyear release of Windows 98. Windows 98 if they were already on Windows 95.' There was no real major reason to shift over to Noted at the time that Windows 98 wasn't a stunningly different operating 'This is not terribly surprising,' said Dwight Davis, an analyst with Summit Strategies. But the total desktop operating system market grew by more than 14 percent, from 79 million to 89 million units. With 15 million units shipped in 1998, Windows 98 sold better than Windows 95 in its debut year by 2 million, Kusnetzky said. That was evident from the sidelines to make people want to change.'

People wanted done, so why change? There wasn't sufficient new technology 'Windows 95 didn't cease to ship just because Windows 98 was launched,' Many customers and PC makers will likely hold off on upgrading until the release of Windows 2000, Microsoft's corporate OS due in October, analysts said. While Windows 98 has become a standard feature for consumer PCs, corporate desktops and laptops still mostly feature Windows 95. By May, the older version had dropped to 21,313 units, and Windows 98 had climbed up to 14,432. Microsoft sold 81,002 copies of Windows 95 outside of PC purchases to large customers in January vs. Windows 95 clearly continues to outsell Windows 98 in the corporate market this year, but the older version is losing steam.

The trend appears to be continuing in 1999, figures show. Windows 98 took 17.2 percent of the roughly 89 million units shipped.

Market last year, according to market research firm International Data Corporation. Windows 95 accounted for 57.4 percent of the desktop operating system

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But large businesses have stuck for the most part with Windows 95 and even the previous version, Windows 3.11, particularly those large organizations with long-term software licenses. In popularity with small and medium-sized businesses. Windows 98 dominates the home market and is growing Despite the hoopla and expectations that accompanied the launch of the Windows 98 operating system, research shows that its predecessorĪlthough Windows 98 was only available from Microsoft in the second half of last year, the numbers for Windows 95 that year are a telling reminder

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