Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 19th May 2006 13:13 UTC, submitted by Brad Wardell
Brad Wardell writes us: "Windows Vista Beta 2 is nearly here and now seems as good a time as any to take a look at where things stand with Microsoft's next-generation operating system. As this article makes clear, Windows Vista has a lot of potential - it is a major upgrade. But it also has some major issues to overcome prior to release."
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2006-05-18
The enterprise won't be migrating to Vista anytime soon for those exact reasons.
Vista has little to offer over 2003 server, which has little to offer over 2000 Server - speaking from a practicality standpoint.
Exchange will determine who upgrades and when. Big-budgeted corporate rollouts will always be around, but when a company has to decide between upgrading 500MHz user workstations (running a mix of NT ^still^ and 2000), or upgrading their Windows and email server licenses, it is a tough call.
NT is dead, and they're killing 2000, but it's hard when so many companies are reluctant to change, especially when they have to change *everything* in order to make it pay off.
When you take into consideration how many companies rely on third party hacks like Ghost and Anti-Virus (not to mention all the imaging, updates, etc) and you tell them that they will have to come up with something new - all at once - I'd bet that not too many IT managers will be jumping on Vista.