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Time To Dump XP?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wasn't-that-ship-date dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Gartner is saying it's time to plan your migration now (if you havent already done it). I for one know my company still has loads of users still on XP, citing training costs (time and money) rather than software license fees. Is my company alone in wanting to stay in the 1990s or is Windows 7 the way forward?"

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  1. 1990s? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    XP was released in 2001.

  2. 1990's? by rogabean · · Score: 1, Redundant

    90's? XP was release in 2001 But I do agree it's time to move on from it for most companies. My company has begun testing for a deployment of Windows 7, migrating from XP.

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    1. Re:1990's? by ta+bu+shi+da+yu · · Score: 1, Redundant

      What a fantastic reason for upgrading to Windows 7. I congratulate you on your good sense sir - you have convinced me of the financial and technical reasons for the upgrade, and I will go out and buy a copy at once!

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  3. Huh? by tthomas48 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What's the difference between Windows 7 and being stuck in the 90s? Windows 7 is a useful upgrade if you care about security and have users who MUST run windows apps.

    Otherwise install Ubuntu. Your users will complain just as much about the transfer from XP to Windows 7, so it's a great time to make a transition to a lower cost operating system.

  4. Re:XP is the 90's? by NotBornYesterday · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That guy was also "Redundant" when I first checked, as well. Although you could argue that technically, he was redundant, seeing as this guy got it in first. But they have the same timestamp, so if I had been handing out points, I would have given him a break.

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  5. Re:XP is the 90's? by thePowerOfGrayskull · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Why is the first post modded Redundant? It could be a lot of things, but Redundant seems to be a 100% inaccurate mod.

    Generally when something is so obvious it doesn't need to be said; yet someone says it anyway, it will get modded redundant.

  6. Re:A redundant first post by Gilmoure · · Score: 0, Redundant

    But evidently funny.

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  7. Re:A redundant first post by HamburglerJones · · Score: 0, Redundant

    All "fixed that for you" posts are not just redundant. They're also redundant.

    Fixed that for you.