Maine To Skip Vista, Go Directly To Windows 7

Posted by kdawson on Saturday October 4, 2008 @07:29AM from the should-have-hired-stephen-king dept.

Preedit writes "The State of Maine is the latest organization to skip Windows Vista, which has been a near-disaster for Microsoft. An internal state document (dated September 15) uncovered by Infoweek reveals that Maine will not be upgrading its more than 11,000 personal computing devices from XP to Vista — ever. Instead, it's going to wait until Windows 7 ships in 2010 and hope for the best. The news is in line with a survey that shows only 4% of businesses in the UK have upgraded to Vista, the story notes. So much for that $300 million Seinfeld campaign." A commenter on the article makes the point that Maine's signing an enterprise software license with Microsoft means that Redmond doesn't really lose out on this deal; it simply allows the state to upgrade its equipment and software on its own time.

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Remember the Maine! by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-04 07:33 · Score: -1, Troll

So, I'm going to drain my Maine vein and make my bladder gladder. Whooptie DOUCHE!
M$ can bite my hairy Canadian Ass...
Soorry.
Re:Tipping Point by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-04 09:57 · Score: -1, Troll

KGill do you suppose you can post just a few more times in this thread please? You're starting to look like Jesse Jackson whenever he thinks a camera is nearby. Douche.