CIO Jury: Let's wait on Windows 7

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Does noone read?

Does nobody here read the full article before posting?!

Ahem:

""I believe the standalone, user operating system becomes less and less relevant in a corporate environment. It is more difficult to justify the cost of the upgrade unless dependencies coming from the line-of-business applications are an issue," he said."

As in, there is no business need for it, so not a justifiable cost AT THE TIME. Also, testing a Beta or RC is stupid as you are going to have to retest the RTM anyway, so thats another waste of money. No large organization in its right mind upgrades OS within 12 months of release unless its doing a major hardware refresh at the same time.

Posted by: gnesterenko   Posted on: 06/10/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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