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Ignore Vista Until 2008
Blakey Rat writes "According to Gartner in a research note entitled 'Ten reasons you should and shouldn't care about Microsoft's Windows Vista', businesses should wait until 2008 before installing Windows Vista, or 'pursue a strategy of managed diversity' by only bringing in new machines with Windows Vista and not upgrading existing computers. Although acknowledging the security benefits of upgrading, they explain in the report that most of the security-related benefits that come with Vista are available today through third-party software products."
wait, this IS windows we're talking about, isn't it?
Of course I did not RTFA, but they must be speaking of "Third Party" Software Products such as, for instance, GNU/Linux or *BSD.
;-)
:%s/Open Source/Free Software/g
YTARY!
I'm still using Windows 98 so I guess I'll be upgrading in 2018 - ?
I wish there was an "EgoManiac" mod.
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It will be delayed again.
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Does this mean it will be released before 2008, then?
Vista ignores you till 2008.
(Ignore above post, meddling kids!)
"It's been years since I used a 2 dimentional control interface, how ever did we manage?" - Julian Bashire from an imperfect DS9 future
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So will OS X be at version 10.6, 10.7, or 10.8 by the time Vista is released? Will Duke Nukem Forever be released by then? Will we achive sustained nuclear fusion? Will we have flying cars? Warp drive?
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Well if the differences in Office 12 require Vista to have all the new UI things then YES. The new features in Office 12 will mean a huge increase in productivity.
God willing, I will be ignoring windows vista for much longer than that.
This signature has Super Cow Powers
Some great movies have been made using windows : Crash , Unstable , Dos Boot , Virus,The spy(ware) Who shagged me , Homers The Iliad (Think troy) and Dawn of the dead.
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
That's right, every version afterwards will most likely be rented. Vista is just to get everybody slowly by slowly dependant on DRM for day-to-day activities.
please excuse my apathy
That is quite possibly the most impressive /. UID I have ever seen, can I touch it?
Saying Java is nice because it works on all OS's is like saying that anal sex is nice because it works on all genders.
Only until 2008? I was hoping to ignore it for much longer then that :)
wait, this IS windows we're talking about, isn't it?
Sooo.... it's broken, and they won't fix it
I'm going to ignore it until 2200.
Vista ignore you until 2008!
No touching!
$x='S24;r)>63/* h@<5+oZ)32"5cz';$me='phroggy'x$];
$x=~y+ -xz+\0-Tx+;print$_^chop$me for split'',$x;
Touch it!
Eh, what's so special about it? :b
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== WolfriderV6 == I'm willing to admit that *I just might* be wrong... Are you??
Those are the only threads that I ever post to anymore, by which I mean the last 6 years.
UID of 10 and you still haven't found anything better to do with your time than hang out with a bunch of ... well ... us?