Blog: Pete Loshin: More Jobs? or More Total Cost of Ownership?

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More Jobs? or More Total Cost of Ownership?

A Microsoft-sponsored study by research firm IDC came out last week to boost a claim that rolling out Vista in Europe will drive $40 billion in economic activity and create 100,000 IT jobs in the six European countries that account for roughly two-thirds of all European IT activity.

Google Vista Microsoft IDC Study Create Jobs and you'll see a lot of articles (I saw about 270,000 hits) that reference the study, but check my first link if you want a .PDF of the actual report from IDC. It is very interesting to note that much of the study points out ways in which Vista is going to increase costs (while being good for Microsoft-related businesses): more spending on the new hardware, software, support and services related to Vista. Take a look at the bar graphs that show relative amounts spent on Vista itself, hardware and services, and you can see how a major Windows upgrade can create a major new cost center that you've now got to plan for.

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