Vista fading in corporate eyes....

[Daniel ~]

Written by Daniel
Monday, 13 August 2007

Businesses Rethink Vista
Study finds corporations have second thoughts and are also considering Linux Or Macs.
Gregg Keizer, Computerworld
Saturday, August 04, 2007 6:00 AM PDT

Fewer businesses are now planning to move to Windows Vista than seven months ago, according to a survey by patch management vendor PatchLink Corp., while more said they will either stick with the Windows they have, or turn to Linux or Mac OS X....
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[Pitch]

What a shame...

[robbie]

Shame or sham?

[dsio]

Ubuntu and SuSE are definately gaining ground. Google is currently over 50% Linux, using a google customized version of Ubuntu called "Goobuntu" for the most part, with some other distros thrown in for good measure.

IMHO, Windows has already peaked long ago, and it wasn't WinXP, it was Windows 2000 Professional.

Dan still uses it, and I really do believe that its still the best Windows ever made, featuring the first of the NT5 kernels, but without the rubbish and crud that Windows XP was full of.

Thing is when the Pentium 3 was ultimately defeated by the Athlon, and Intel had to take up a new direction, they chose Netburst, and built the Pentium 4 around it. Although they did their best, Netburst was never that practical on the desktop, and at some point they accepted this. Their new product, that has taken the company from catching up, to leading, is not a new technology, but a vastly improved old one.

At the heart of every Conroe, is a Pentium 3. A Pentium 3 on steroids, with a great deal of enhancement, but a Pentium 3 none the less.

Microsoft needs to go back and look at what they've done well. Then build on it, rather than throwing out the cookbook.

[danrok]

Few corporate type business rush to upgrade their operating systems. Very much a case of, if it ain't broke don't fix it. Not to mention, that many staff become stressed-out, even at the thought of any changes to the software they have been using for years.

The bells and whistles of Vista sells to some individuals and home users. Professionals are not taken in by the gloss.

[Daniel ~]

Dan still uses 2000 pro for games... Work out of 32 AND 64 bit Fedora... still cant get Q4 to run...":O}

How some ever was able to get Nvidia and Beryl as well as Thunderbird and Opera up and and running... still messing about with Opera spell check Have Aspell and Dictionary but can't find a place where I'm told what to do with them!