Arguing that their calculations for "penetration rate" have to be wrong without even knowing what it is that being measured seems pretty stupid.
LOL, I don’t know about it being “stupid”, but as an IT professional, that declaration seemed COMPLETELY out of line with reality, but I readily admit I generally only see on a large scale one segment of an industry, and the opinions of my friends who also work in different IT sectors in the economy. For example, I have no idea what aerospace industries have on their desktops, not even a sample.
I think what others might be pointing out is that what Spiceworks seem to be saying (or what they strongly “imply” with those statistics) is completely off base.
I don’t think you and I have an argument here. If they think there will be a slightly better penetration rate into business than W7, I could easily buy THAT...:)