One factor that needs mentioning is supply & demand: there's not a lot of point in ISVs busting a gut to launch an early Win 7 product when their users are still happily running on XP (& in some cases earlier) platforms and are in no hurry to upgrade the OS (which in many instances will also involve hardware upgrades). In fact some firms are still laying off staff (forecasts suggest 2010 will see more heavy job losses for UK law firms) so new IT systems are the last thing on their mind. The one area where Win 7 is vital is where firms are deeply unhappy with/have totally crappy legacy systems & need to move now + be sure they are moving to a state-of-the-art product & not more of yesterday's technology. CC