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Jake_Barnes   03-23-2007 at 08:24:25 PM

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A federal agency is refusing to upgrade its computers with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista operating system, citing concern over costs and compatibility issues.

In a Jan. 19 memo to staff, Dan Mintz, the Transportation Department's chief information officer, imposed an "indefinite moratorium" on upgrading desktop and laptop computers with the new operating system, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7.

Mintz wrote that there is "no compelling technical or business case" to upgrade to the new products and specific reasons not to upgrade.

He cited hardware, software and labor costs, compatibility issues with current applications and limited funding. He also wrote technology staff will be busy with the agency's move to a new headquarters. Because the agency has a multiyear contract with Microsoft, the upgraded software is free.


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I'm not sure how significant this is at this still early point in time :?:

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SciFiMan   03-23-2007 at 08:42:40 PM
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No different than what most companies are doing. Trying to make sure copies of Vista don't show up before IT has it tested with all the legacy apps and have a a help desk able to support it.

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saw4846   03-23-2007 at 10:25:06 PM
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My place of business still uses 98 and show no signs of upgrading yet. They have no need to since all of the functions they use are taken care of easily by 98.

I do think they will upgrade in a couple years to whatever OS is stable at that point. Most business likely don't go through an entire system over haul every time a new OS is released. My guess is once every 5 to 7 years a company does a full system upgrade. But that is just a guess on my part.

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exit2dos   03-24-2007 at 12:59:15 AM
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Not a big deal. The NIST has banned Vista also. All large organizations have huge compatibility, security and deployment concerns. Nobody the with the size and concerns of the Transportation Department or NIST is going to move to any new OS anytime soon.

Good article on NIST's decision process here:
http://news.com.com/Explaining+a+Vista+ban/2008-1016_3-6169494.html

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It is not unusual that large organizations aren't rushing to install major software updates. These organizations tend to do a lot of testing before upgrading. The same happened when Microsoft released Windows XP, and again with Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.

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dsharp9000   03-24-2007 at 02:56:33 AM
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i tend to agree with exit2dos, ====its not a big deal ---so why worry about it.

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