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"Hardware upgrades are not cheap either. I know some companies that will either stick to XP till EOL (End of Life) or move to Ubuntu. Windows 7 on existing machines does not give you the slick Aero interface, it looks exactly like Ubuntu which is free."

1) While hardware is not cheap, you need to look at it with a corporate perspective. A single employee will cost upwards of $40,000 a year = $200,000 over the next 5 years (5 year being rough estimate of machine life time). At <$1000 a machine, thats 200 machines for the price of a single employee. Not insignificant, but not nearly as important as you make it sound.

2) Your statement is anecdotal at best. For every company you say will move to Ubuntu, I'm sure there is at least one that will upgrade to new Windows (I'm guessing its actually more like 5 or 10 to 1)

3) Businesses couldn't care less about the GUI - they care about interface with existing apps. New apps for new OS = huge retraining costs for all employees relying on said apps. (assuming of course these are non-standard consumer apps)

4) All the issues you have with 7 have been rectified with later builds. I'm guessing you are still on build 7100 at best. Latest available is 7227. By RTM, issues are gone. My 9 year old printer is still working like a champ (funny thing about it: its actually cheaper for me to replace the printer then it would to replace the ink cartridge because its so old)
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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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