State of the Great XP-to-Windows-7 Migration
    
		Microsoft shed some light last week on the state of the "great  migration" -- the Herculean effort by enterprises worldwide to get their  desktops on Windows 7 before Windows XP support officially expires in April  2014.
		During an earnings call Thursday, CFO Peter Klein said that more than  60 percent of enterprise desktops worldwide are now on Windows 7.
		Asked by a financial analyst for a forecast on the pace of the  migration, Klein offered this: 
		  "The one thing I would say is, not only are over 60 percent on  Windows 7, but about 90 percent have expressed that they have a plan to do  that. So, I expect to see sort of a steady drumbeat between now and the end of  life for XP support in April 2014 for that to continue, because the incentive  is there and the desire to do that has been expressed by our customers. So, I  would expect to see that continue over the next year, year and a quarter."
		Here's a question. Where does Windows 8 fit into that picture?
 
	Posted by Scott Bekker on January 28, 2013