Dataquest Reduces Windows 95 Forecast by 3.6 Million.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 1995--Contrary to some published reports, Dataquest reduced its 1995 forecast for Windows 95 by 3.6 million shipments, from 30 million to 26.4 million. Of the estimated 26.4 million shipments of Windows 95 from Microsoft this year, about 10 million will remain in the distribution channel at year-end. Therefore, Dataquest estimates that 16.4 million copies of Windows 95 will be in consumers' hands at the end of 1995. The original forecast placed 20 million copies of Microsoft's operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. in the hands of consumers. "The lower forecast is due to two factors: It is an artifact A distortion in an image or sound caused by a limitation or malfunction in the hardware or software. Artifacts may or may not be easily detectable. Under intense inspection, one might find artifacts all the time, but a few pixels out of balance or a few milliseconds of abnormal sound of forecasting a product at a time when it was not yet in the market and when the final shipment date had not yet been set, and Dataquest is taking a more conservative view of the holiday season at this time," said Director and Principal Analyst Paul Cubbage. More information about Dataquest's programs, descriptions of recent research reports, and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the at http://www.dataquest.com. Dataquest Inc., headquartered in San Jose, is a 24-year-old global market research and consulting company Noun 1. consulting company - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting firm business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a serving the high-technology and financial communities. The company provides worldwide market coverage on the semiconductor, computer systems and peripherals, communications, document management, online, multimedia, software, and services sectors of the information technology industry. Dataquest is an international company of The Dun & Bradstreet Corp. CONTACT: Dataquest, San Jose Tom McCall Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983) was an American politician, a Republican, and the 30th governor of Oregon from 1967 to 1975. McCall's two terms as Oregon's governor were notable for many achievements in the environmental sphere, including the , 408/468-8312 tmccall@dataquest.com |
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