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You may find it tiresome but that doesn't mean it's incorrect
This article is not about Vista's technical merits. It's about what businesses are actually doing with their budgets.

"The majority of those adopting also said they'd recommend it to friends and colleagues."

That's not exactly an interesting statistic. People who like Vista are willing to recommend it to others? Who knew? shocked

The point of this article isn't that everyone hates Vista, the point is that many companies are not switching to Vista, but are sticking with XP for now.

Stability improvements are only a big selling point if you're currently having stability problems.

Legacy hardware and user retraining are more important issues for many companies.

Sure, RAM is cheap these days. But it's not as cheap as not buying anything at all. Which is kind of the point of this. People aren't abandoning Vista, they're simply staying with XP, at no cost.

Vista may be a solid choice from the technical perspective, but this is about money and roi.


Bottom line: Vista is fine, but it just doesn't provide enough benefits to offset the costs for many businesses.

Which is all that I (and many others) have been saying for a long time.

If that makes me an ABMer/Hater/drooling psychotic/etc in your book, so be it.
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Exploiting???  Spats30 | 10/02/08
Vista is very solid choice.  xuniL_z | 10/02/08
Adoption, or the kid from heck!  tburzio | 10/02/08
There, there......it'll be ok.  xuniL_z | 10/03/08
No ROI for migrating  terry flores | 10/02/08
Of course some shops won't go, some are still using win98....  xuniL_z | 10/03/08
There is no major value with Vista  Suicida| | 10/03/08
You're saying to procrastinate then?  xuniL_z | 10/06/08
It's just business sense  AzuMao | 11/06/08
You may find it tiresome but that doesn't mean it's incorrect  bmerc | 10/03/08
Do you always jump to conclusions?  xuniL_z | 10/03/08
From a productivity standpoint, the question still remains...  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 10/03/08
What can you do in XP......  xuniL_z | 10/06/08
you gotta be kidding  Kebbles | 10/03/08
Vista implementation  aiellenon | 10/07/08
IE6  aiellenon | 10/07/08
PLEASE move away from IE6!  CobraA1 | 10/02/08
Those would be disscussions for another time  GuidingLight | 10/02/08
Seconded: IE7 is a HUGE step forward  bmerc | 10/03/08
IE 7...Joke of the Year  zeb 1 | 10/03/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  klund1@... | 10/02/08
You're one in a million . . .  CobraA1 | 10/02/08
High tech  Tiggster | 10/02/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  lawryll@... | 10/02/08
Actually . . .  CobraA1 | 10/02/08
NewsAlert  Richard Flude | 10/02/08
Vista = Mojave  zeb 1 | 10/03/08
Nice fud...  jamesrayg | 10/02/08
?  AndyCee | 10/03/08
Um, not really.  bmerc | 10/03/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  tburzio | 10/02/08
If...  jamesrayg | 10/02/08
If half of people who spammed message boards owned fortune 500 companies  bmerc | 10/03/08
Aww..Is ZDNet Lovers Wif Widdle Wuvrock?  itanalyst2@... | 10/02/08
I don't see his post  AndyCee | 10/06/08
Vista works fine for us  ted@... | 10/03/08
this news is pure FUD  qmlscycrajg | 10/03/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  PJB0222 | 10/03/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  profsmichael@... | 10/04/08
You hit the nail on the head.  AzuMao | 11/06/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  profsmichael@... | 10/04/08
"Reply to Message"  AndyCee | 10/06/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  ukmodelsuk@... | 10/05/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  aiellenon | 10/07/08
RE: Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista  Ammalgam | 11/08/08
It would be a long time...  AzuMao | 11/08/08

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