Companies 'Blah' About Vista

PreacherTom writes "Those who expected the initial Vista release to generate a wave of hype will be sorely disappointed. While Vista is now available for companies, they do not really appear to care. The situation is the same with Office 2007. Why? Several reasons, not the least of which is expected difficulty in adaptation to the new features." From the article: "Office has an entirely new look and new formats for saving files in Word and Excel. Slick as it is, the new look will take some training to master. And the new file formats, which will be easier to use with high-end corporate programs such as those that run servers, mean users on older versions of Office will have to download a program to open documents and spreadsheets sent with the new technology. 'This thing is not going to be all that easy to roll out,' says Michael Silver, research vice-president at Gartner."

Comments

Disappointment?

[Abcd1234]

Those who expected the initial Vista release to generate a wave of hype will be sorely disappointed.

So, what, all two of them?

Re:a new car!

[Overly Critical Guy]

Wait, software doesn't wear out, at least not like cars do.

Microsoft software is quite a bit different in that regard. It goes bald, its ass sags, and it yells at customers who walk on its lawn.

Re:Why should businesses care anyways?

[vertinox]

I mean, honestly - what does Vista do that XP doesn't? From a business standpoint, of course.

For one, you won't be able to play Halo 3 LAN games at the office without it!

Hey, my company is switching!!

[kace]

... My company recently announced that we're making the switch -- from win2000 to WindowsXP !! Woohoo. I'll probably have retired before we see Vista.

I think M$ is in trouble. Their business model seems to require churning perfectly good SW. Businesses have caught on. If it aint' broke .... (Or, if it ain't more broke than the upgrade.)

Re:a new car!

[Danga]

Clearly you yet to meet my boss.

This is your boss and you are fired. :-)