Corporate America's rejection of Vista

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Corporate America's rejection of Vista
Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product

By Aaron Ricadela
updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating
system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps
getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next
version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
 
john said:
Corporate America's rejection of Vista
Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product

By Aaron Ricadela
updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so
many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may
just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
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And assuming, too, that General Motors is still in business...
 
Frank said:
"Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip
releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at
Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines (CAL),
Bank of America (BAC), Cerner (CERN), and Royal Dutch Shell, which are
installing Vista on thousands of machines, as evidence of the system's
acceptance. For their part, consumers are warming to the improved
performance and availability of popular software such as Apple's (AAPL)
iTunes and Intuit's (INTU) QuickBooks on Vista PCs. "We're seeing
tremendous transition to Vista, particularly in the consumer space," Nash
says.'
Frank
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Give me that in percentages of fortune 500 companies, 1% ?

GM has some 380,000 employees. If every other employee needed a $2,000
refresh for Vista, plus new licenses for OS and Office ... that costs a half
billion dollars not including staff time to deploy!!!

No wonder they will wait.

LOL.

Vista improved performance, the latest BS from MS drones. Anyone who has
run XP and Vista and says Vista is faster is seriously deficient in reality.
 
john said:
Corporate America's rejection of Vista
Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product

By Aaron Ricadela
updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many
speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait
for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
Click to expand...

The whole article:

http://www.businessweek.com/technol...0080512_157155.htm?campaign_id=rss_topStories

This is more typical:

Alaska Airlines (ALK) is among companies that see diminishing value in
running the latest Microsoft desktop technology when so many applications
are available via a Web browser. "There's no business value in us continuing
to chase that upgrade cycle," says Senior Vice-President and CIO Bob Reeder.
So as PCs need replacement, the airline buys Vista-equipped machines for its
roughly 2,000 office workers from Dell (DELL), then exercises its right to
downgrade the machines to XP. About 8,000 PCs used mostly by gate agents and
airport crews run a variety of older Windows versions. Reeder says the
company plans to skip Vista.
 
john said:
Corporate America's rejection of Vista
Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product

By Aaron Ricadela
updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many
speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait
for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
Click to expand...

General Motors makes crap. You can equate GM to a badly damaged version of
Windows ME.
 
"Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip
releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at
Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines (CAL),
Bank of America (BAC), Cerner (CERN), and Royal Dutch Shell, which are
installing Vista on thousands of machines, as evidence of the system's
acceptance. For their part, consumers are warming to the improved
performance and availability of popular software such as Apple's (AAPL)
iTunes and Intuit's (INTU) QuickBooks on Vista PCs. "We're seeing
tremendous transition to Vista, particularly in the consumer space,"
Nash says.'
Frank
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Frank can't do simple math. Vista has been out for over a year, 84% of
the install base running some prior version of Windows HAS NOT changed
over to Vista. Yet the idiot Frank likes to pretend this is success.

Sure fool, when better than 8 out 10 don't do something that in your
moronic thinking is a success. Everyone laugh.
 
Frank said:
"Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip
releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at
Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines
(CAL), Bank of America (BAC), Cerner (CERN), and Royal Dutch Shell,
which are installing Vista on thousands of machines, as evidence of
the system's acceptance. For their part, consumers are warming to the
improved performance and availability of popular software such as
Apple's (AAPL) iTunes and Intuit's (INTU) QuickBooks on Vista PCs.
"We're seeing tremendous transition to Vista, particularly in the
consumer space," Nash says.'
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How come he did not point to the state of Massachusetts who skipped a
number of releases in favor of Red Hat.
 
Adam Albright said:
Frank can't do simple math. Vista has been out for over a year, 84% of
the install base running some prior version of Windows HAS NOT changed
over to Vista. Yet the idiot Frank likes to pretend this is success.

Sure fool, when better than 8 out 10 don't do something that in your
moronic thinking is a success. Everyone laugh.
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Frank can't do anything productive. A good day to Frank is farting. Green
house gas.

Vista is history. Even Microsoft doesn't have the audacity to call Win7
Vista2 as it would scare people off to Linux. My guess, Win7 does not use
Vista kernel underneath. Even though some leaks like Vista regurgitated.

Vista drives people elsewhere, be it a double dip to XP or to Linux.
Everyone I know hates this piece of crap and most are not technical. Those
that run it are either not wanting to get double dipped (me) or don't know
what to do (non-tech). Already told friends, you bought Vista, what did I
say? Buy XP or replace it with Linux. Vista is a gimped horse in pain
waiting for the bullet.
 
I work at a GM dealership.
If you call for help with their internet site and applications, they refuse
to assist if you have Vista.
I don't like it anyway, but that is just more reason NOT to deploy it on the
LAN.
 
In the 18 years I have sold GM vehicles, I have seen a dramatic improvement
in quality.
15 years ago, I would have agreed with you. GM built a lot of crap.
Now, I don't believe the imports have a quality advantage anywhere but in
people's perception.
We also sell Subaru, Suzuki, Chrysler, Jeep, Kia, Isuzu and medium duty
trucks, so I do have a decent frame of reference for comparison.
 
What's new? Many corporate or other large users don't jump on every new
release. They carefully examine THEIR needs and the new release to see if
they fit. They also tend to hold up a while to see what issues come up with
other large applications so they will be able to meet them. Then they need
to plan the roll-out train staff etc. When they say they MAY delay, that
only means the same as usual response. Good business practices. It does
not mean that Vista is bad or good. It is only an indication that GM feels
that Vista may not be right for them right now. I would hope everyone who
has that decision to make would consider their options as well.

Had I not needed a new machine I would not have bothered to go to Vista.
I had no real need to. I lost as much as I gained and none of it critical.
If you had the opportunity to make a choice and you did not make a wise
choice, .... why blame someone else?
 
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