Is Microsoft set up for failure with Windows 7 and Office 2010?

Per TG Daily's Wolfgang Gruener, even with just six months to go, Microsoft expects to sell 177 million Windows 7 by the end of the year, including pre-sales since the official launch is October 22. That means roughly 30 million copies monthly in an otherwise soft market or about four times the sales rate of Microsoft Vista.

Unfortunately, a ScriptLogic study indicates 60% of companies do not plan to upgrade in 2009 and only 34% plan to do so in 2010. In addition, Microsoft is hard pressed to reposition Office 2010 in light of Google's increasing cloud presence.

Odds are therefore, Microsoft will be hard pressed to achieve its projections.