Microsoft Vista, IE7 Banned By U.S. DOT

An anonymous reader writes "According to a memo being reported on by Information week, the US Department of Transportation has issued a moratorium on upgrading Microsoft products. Concerns over costs and compatability issues has lead the federal agency to prevent upgrades from XP to Vista, as well as to stop users from moving to IE 7 and Office 2007. As the article says, 'In a memo to his staff, DOT chief information officer Daniel Mintz says he has placed "an indefinite moratorium" on the upgrades as "there appears to be no compelling technical or business case for upgrading to these new Microsoft software products. Furthermore, there appears to be specific reasons not to upgrade."'"

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[Overly Critical Guy]

This is a non-story.

It's not a "non-story." A government organization has banned a new version of Windows.

It is perfectly normal for any organization to not adopt a new OS for a significant amount of time after it is released, years, even.

Vista was released for groups like this last November. Clearly, after testing the OS, the DOT decided it wasn't worth it for them.

There are enough things to harp on Vista without making things up and pretending they have significance...

Who is making things up? A government organization flatly states that there are no compelling reasons to upgrade to Vista and that there are reasons not to. This is bad for Microsoft. It's news.