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Gartner Tells Businesses to Forget About Vista
Barence writes "IT analyst firm Gartner has told businesses to skip Vista and prepare to roll out Windows 7. Companies have traditionally been advised to wait until the first Service Pack of an operating system arrives before considering migration. However, Gartner is urging organisations that aren't already midway through Vista deployments to give the much-maligned operating system a miss. 'Preparing for Vista will require the same amount of effort as preparing for Windows 7, so at this point, targeting Windows 7 would add less than six months to the schedule and would result in a plan that is more politically palatable, better for users, and results in greater longevity.' Even businesses that are midway through planning a Vista migration are urged to consider scrapping the deployment. 'Consider switching to Windows 7 if it would delay deployment by six months or less.'"
I thought Windows 7 was everybody's pet name for Vista SP1.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
and a .9 probability that he underperforms, if you know what I mean!
I hate being bipolar; it's awesome!
The advantages to you are that you have too much money and Microsoft don't have enough, it's about equilibrium and all that bullshit. By donating to a multi-billion-dollar bonus fund you can feel good about yourself that you have helped a poor board member while also ensuring that you couldn't spend that money on anything wasteful......like food for example. By cutting back on food you can lose some weight which has all sorts of benefits. A fitness regime which consists in part of vigorous forum posting demanding that XP be allowed to live beyond it's execution date will help too. Don't helping your fellow man feel good?
Is Gartner a subsidiary of Microsoft?
Of course, all those DirectX 10 and 10.1 video cards will need to be replaced for W7.
"It's the height of ridiculousness to say for those 9 lines you get hundreds of millions."