Companies Keeping Systems Longer Than Ever

Ant writes to tell us ComputerWorld is reporting that based on a study done by the Yakee Group Research company out of Boston companies are leveraging the durability and reliability of computers to extend the lifespan of desktops, laptops, and servers. From the article: "IT's life-cycle demands have raised the bar for vendors. "There's more pressure on [the vendors] to make the boxes last a longer period of time."

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Re:Why should I upgrade?

[baldass_newbie]

First off, Editor, it's "Yankee" and not "Yakee". RTFA.

To the First Poster's point, the bigger question is whether or not Longhorn will force massive code rewrites. People got sucked into the hype with Windows 95 and 32-bit, but it killed a lot of small to midsize software builders which is the basis for a lot of anti-MicroSoft sentiment.

Will web-based applications require a rebuild? (The web being the obvious weapons of choice.) Better yet, will Longhorn try to cripple Apache? (I have a dollar that says 'yes' -- for 'security reasons', too.)

And you forgot one reason why managers will go away from WIndows 2K -- SharePoint. I have a Win2K machine, one of the last in my organization, and I can't connect to ANY of our SharePoint work. CIO doesn't care, says he won't be supporting Win2K in a few more months. Lucky me, I get one of the laptops of my friends who just got fired in the recent RIF. Yipee.