[18-11-2007] Rumour has it that lots of companies are passing Vista by on the other side...
There was an interesting piece on the ITWorld.com site this week. It suggested that with Windows 7 due in late 2009 or 2010, many businesses might just skip Vista entirely. While I think that this reveals a touching faith in the abiltiy of Microsoft to deliver on something resembling 'on time', ITWorld may have a point.
Businesses are flocking away from Vista in droves. Microsoft has already had to extend the life of XP, and will probably have to do so again in the near future. Microsoft's Service Pack 2 for XP was more of an upgrade than a set of bug fixes, and they've confirmed that they are working on a Service Pack 3 (SP3). SP3 would extend the life of XP for several more years - perhaps until Windows 7 makes it out of the door.
Most of the people I know are in the software business, and those who need new machines are buying them through their companies so they can get them with XP loaded instead of Vista. I may be biased, but it looks to me like Vista is headed in the same direction as the much maligned Windows ME. ('You've got Windows ME? Most unfortunate. I suggest you can it and put a different version on your hard disk...')
Of course there's always the Mac, or Linux :)
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/071115vistaskip/
Businesses are flocking away from Vista in droves. Microsoft has already had to extend the life of XP, and will probably have to do so again in the near future. Microsoft's Service Pack 2 for XP was more of an upgrade than a set of bug fixes, and they've confirmed that they are working on a Service Pack 3 (SP3). SP3 would extend the life of XP for several more years - perhaps until Windows 7 makes it out of the door.
Most of the people I know are in the software business, and those who need new machines are buying them through their companies so they can get them with XP loaded instead of Vista. I may be biased, but it looks to me like Vista is headed in the same direction as the much maligned Windows ME. ('You've got Windows ME? Most unfortunate. I suggest you can it and put a different version on your hard disk...')
Of course there's always the Mac, or Linux :)
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/071115vistaskip/