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Most of these companies will be on XP
As several of them stated - they'll skip Vista and move straight to Win7, but only once it's been proven to be stable and solid and only after they've done the extensive in-house testing necessary to make sure all their internal apps and systems are not negatively impacted by the move to the new OS.

Imagine you were running a company with several thousand people in several tens of locations each running apps created 6-10 years ago written in VB by people who are no longer with the company. Now imagine you move everyone to Win7 (without sufficient testing and training) and some of those critical apps that you use to run your business crash or misbehave.

In an economic climate as trecherous as this one, that could mean the difference between a company living and dying.
Posted by: de-void   Posted on: 06/10/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Who are these companies and who cares what their CIO's say  Unix Pimp | 06/10/09
Why use only F500 companies as reference?  nizuse | 06/10/09
You do know there are countries with companies outside of your own, right?  de-void | 06/10/09
I'm sure they've never heard of you either...  914four | 07/28/09
This is no surprise.  ye | 06/10/09
Especially with Microsoft's history of releasing way too early.  fr0thy2 | 06/10/09
Agreed with test...so  lundp@... | 06/10/09
Does noone read?  gnesterenko | 06/10/09
we are in a recession, if not depresson. This stuff gets cut out.  Been_Done_Before | 06/10/09
XP doesn't still work  Lerianis10 | 07/24/09
(redundant post deleted)  914four | 07/27/09
So you won't mind paying more for your insurance...  914four | 07/27/09
RE: CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7  jaw69 | 06/10/09
Most of these companies will be on XP  de-void | 06/10/09
Should test carefully and properly  iRMX | 06/10/09
Three things  gnesterenko | 06/10/09
That's not how it's viewed.  jeremychappell | 06/15/09
I agree  gnesterenko | 06/10/09
Missing the point!  jeremychappell | 06/15/09
Large companies should...  LiquidLearner | 06/10/09
Most people don't wanna change unless it's required anyways  CobraA1 | 06/10/09
RE: CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7  hubbard53 | 06/11/09
Not everything works in win7 right now  rbettencourt@... | 06/11/09
RE: CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7  iceman884@... | 06/11/09
I LOVE Windows 7!  RMStrong | 06/11/09
RE: CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7  stbham@... | 06/11/09
Let IT wait-- as long as I can have it now!  ericesque | 06/12/09
There is no reason to take a cautious approach on this  Lerianis10 | 07/24/09
No reason to be cautious?  zdnet-gregc | 07/24/09
Calling a beta release a proven operating system is like...  914four | 07/28/09
What is your on Vista already - how to justify windows 7?  jjstone | 07/24/09
I heard the Jones...  914four | 07/28/09

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