We have all heard the stories about how badly Windows Vista has been received by users and how slow they are to adopt it, but I was surprised, and I suspect many people will be, when I read that only 8% of developers are “coding with Vista in mind,” according to Electronista.

The truth is, I am not just surprised, I am wondering if the number could even be real. 92% of developers are just ignoring the latest version of the largest OS more than a year after its release? It just does not sound plausible, and it makes me wonder if there is some sort of misunderstanding.

Assuming, however, that the numbers are correct and there is no misunderstanding, Microsoft seems to have a huge problem. If the vast majority of developers are ignoring Vista, as more and more people start to use it, there are going to be tons of application compatibility issues. This means that, rather than everything calming down and people moving to Vista, as Microsoft would like, the issues with Vista are going to continue for an unknown amount of time. If Microsoft can’t even get the developers to move to Vista, they are going to have an incredibly hard time trying to get users to calmly accept Vista.

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