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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."
if its not broke, don't fix it.
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...is this more about the quality of Microsoft's current offerings or their inability to make any advances that would provide value to the business customer?
Or...Does a business really need a 3-D desktop?
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Heck. I can give you ONE reason not to move to Vista, and it's all you need.
Trusted Computing.
'nuff said.
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To me, it sounds like the guy's not really trying to rip on Windows, so much as he's offering sound business advice. Right? I mean, what's the benefit of rushing out and buying the latest version when the current one coupled with the third party software that you probably already have installed, is perfectly adequate?
Exactly, I wish I had mod points to mod you up. Each new generation of Microsoft operating system is suppose to fix the problems of the past, but each new generation continues to have them. The reason of course is that they simply can't throw the old crap away because they want backwards compatibility. M$ should really take a lesson from Apple when they switched to OS X. Toss the old code base and start new with a tried and true Unix kernel. Provide an emulation environment if you have to but toss it all out and go with what is known to work.
The difference between Canada and the USA is that in Canada healthcare is a right and gun ownership is a privilege.
I only need 4 reasons not to upgrade.
1. OS X
2. Ubuntu
3. Win2000
4. $250
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A big problem with his premise is no companies would be able to purchase a computer from Dell, HP, IBM, etc. until 2008. As soon as Vista is released they will stop offering XP (almost immediately), and start offering only Vista. It's the way of the world. You can erase vista and install XP, but that would be foolish, not to mention they got a license for Vista with the purchase of the machine.
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I'm also disagree with his reasons, but I'm not going to take the "flame-bait"
It sounds like vista is to xp, as ME was to win98. I don't see anything revolutionary in it that is worth spending money upgrading. The article hits it right on the spot I think. It doens't seem to improve the core OS, it just seems like they are adding/fixing other software like IE7 and Windows Defender. Most people I know have moved to firefox to fix their browser security issues and have at least a few anti-spyware solutions.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't seem like they could even break software compatibility with XP users since they are so similar.
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Sure, and while you are waiting for Windows Vista to actually ship you can just run your business with some paper and a stack of pencils.
Gartner has this one right. Unless you are willing to eschew using computers altogether you have to invest in the third-party products now. When Vista does ship you could toss that investment out the Window (ha ha) and pay extra to get Windows Vista, or you can simply hold off on purchasing Windows Vista until purchasing new machines. Considering the number of businesses that are still running Windows 2000, I expect that Windows XP should be Microsoft's most popular OS for some time to come.
Actually isn't that the direction Microsoft is taking their licensing? They want an annual fee for each copy out there, not a one time upfront charge. So yes they want you to have to pay each year in order to run your computer. Plus that gets them in a position to have a recuring revenue stream they can count on. They can only sell so many new copies of an OS each year. With the number of computers that are out there now much larger than new systems being sold they want to get paid for all of those systems each and every year.
Keep looking for Microsoft to try to reinvent themselves. The gravy train is ending and they need to find new ways to get money from people.
API features are implemented linearly. But the number of programs supported by ReactOS will increase exponentially. Perhaps in a year we might have a usable Beta of ReactOS.