[itdiscuss] Vista to XP

[Dan Barber]

Totally agree with standardizing on XP and foregoing Vista. Respectfully, I submit as IT folks we should know the roadmap of software and hardware well. Standardize on a platform. There are always intermediate releases between the truly "major" ones: Office XP, Windows ME, and Vista come to mind. Windows 7 is most likely what Vista should have been if they could have fixed all the things they wanted to in time (kind of like the iPhone 3G; should have been first iteration, but no 3G network from AT&T yet).

An article just came out citing that while Vista licenses have sold, the installed base is still incredibly low:
http://cio.com/article/479102/Ballmer_Enterprise_XP_Holdouts_Will_Get_Hell_from_Customers.

I disagree with the conclusion that customers will "be outraged they have newer technology at home" and think also that is beside the point. Stability and usability is what matters, and if that is accomplished on XP then so be it. We will eventually migrate to Windows 7 and server 2008, of course, but not until they are at SP1 level most likely.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org [mailto:discuss-bounces at itdiscuss.org] On Behalf Of Jason Hand
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 12:47 PM
To: IT Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: [itdiscuss] Vista to XP

Tell them to hold on until windows 7....

-Jason
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Ray Tyner" <ray.tyner at ptcumc.org>

Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 12:36:06
To: IT Discussion Forum<discuss at itdiscuss.org>
Subject: [itdiscuss] Vista to XP


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