• Reuters, Monday, July 13, 2009 11:54 AM

Windows 7, which is set to be released on October 22, has already garnered several good reviews, but a whopping 6 in 10 companies who completed a recent survey plan to skip the purchase of Microsoft's newest operating system, citing cutbacks in spending and worries about compatibility with their existing applications. Many of the more than 1,000 companies who participated in the survey by ScriptLogic Corp said they are cutting back on expensive software updates like Windows 7.

ScriptLogic, which helps companies manage their Microsoft Windows-based networks, sent out 20,000 surveys to IT administrators to learn the state of the market. The survey found that about 60 percent have no plans to deploy Windows 7, 34 percent will deploy it by the end of 2010 and only 5.4 percent will deploy by year's end. Forty-two percent said their biggest reason for avoiding Windows 7 was a "lack of time and resources." Thirty-five percent said they have already skipped upgraded or delayed purchases in order to save money.

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