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Windows is 'collapsing,' Gartner analysts warn
JG2U wrote:
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:28:34 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:48:50 -0400, "Reginald P. Smithers III"
"Reggie is Here wrote:
Harry isn't the only one who prefers a Non-Windows operating system
April 10, 2008 (Computerworld) Calling the situation "untenable" and
describing Windows as "collapsing," a pair of Gartner analysts yesterday
said Microsoft Corp. must make radical changes to its operating system
or risk becoming a has-been.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/...intsrc=hm_list
It's kind of interesting. I've seen Vista machines run fine and Vista
machines that run like over loaded 386s.
Hard to understand it.
Our company hired a Network Engineer to come in for an afternoon and
meet with a few engineers at our company to talk over some network
security and configuration scenarios with a new product we're
releasing.
At the end of our meeting, talk turned to operating systems. Keep in
mind this guy is a highly certified IT network guy who services small
to large companies over a 3 state area.
His statement? Vista is a joke. Virtually no one is using it in the
business world, and no one is planning to migrate. If you have a
certain type of site license, you can continue to downgrade your new
machines to XP Pro even after the official "end-of-life", and that's
what all his client companies are doing.
The only people that are using it are home users and very small
businesses who have no other choice. Anyone else that has a choice is
staying away... in droves.
Uh-huh.
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