Microsoft may well struggle to sell XP, branding it as the biggest leap since DOS to 95 it appears has not produced the enthusiasm that one recalls with the launch of Windows 2000 or indeed Windows 98. Negative publicity has done little to help the cause. We've got the XP interface which when in Luna guise looks like something transferred straight from Nickelodeon. Next up the music copyright protection which is being seen as Microsoft's attempt to stamp its usual stranglehold on a technology having been beaten to the DA market lead by MP3. Indeed there seems to be a lot of apathy among Windows 2000 users.
Organisations especially are doubtful when it comes to an upgrade.
Think about it. Microsoft would have a lot to gain from pushing back XP's launch. People will be that much closer to upgrading an OS given the larger gap between 1998 and 2002. It's still unbelievable that a company with the size and depth of talent as Microsoft that deadlines and schedules can't be met. There are 80 Active Users.