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September 02, 2006 | Comments: (0)
Is there a business case for upgrading to Windows Vista?
Mary Jo Foley is trying to figure out What Is the Business Case for Upgrading to Vista.
I'm curious to hear from other IT professionals how - and if - you are planning to cost justify Vista to your bosses. What do your TCO calculations look like right now? Or are you just digging your head in the sand, hoping to keep your users on Windows XP, Windows 2000 or some older Windows variant until you can find that Mac or Linux sysadmin job you've always wanted?
The only real item I can figure is if the security features are actually good then any roughly $5000 upgrade cost (based on her conversations) is worth it to eliminate viruses and other productivity killers.
Posted by Dave Rosenberg on September 2, 2006 04:07 PM
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As a sysadmin for a bank, I have no choice but to remain on XP/2000 for now, as required software is not compatible with IE7. Until my vendors achieve compatibility with IE7, I will not begin phasing in Vista.
As far as upgrading any existing 2000/XP machines, I will leave them alone, and once Vista is viable for my location, I'll begin buying new PCs loaded with the OS.
Posted by: Evan Youngblood at September 2, 2006 08:34 PMI think hardware costs genrally have to come down with open source hardware to prevent the Windows pre-loaded lock-in.
Intel is helping here but what about Web 3.0 and custom hardware. Automated processes.
Is there any movement by those businesses "locked-in" to IE, to request your vendors for Firefox compatibility instead?
If they have to reload for IE7, isn't this a good time to be clamouring for FFox instead?
Considering the track record of IE and MS... and the maturity of their business model, it seems like only a matter of time until any competitive "catching up" Vista and IE7 acheive will be quickly wiped away.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease... so are people clamouring for Firefox in businesses where software is browser dependent?
Posted by: Clinton Meyer at September 4, 2006 07:58 AM
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