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Originally Posted by llama64
That said, your "Golf Course" customer should have verified that their mission critical apps could run on the new OS before they upgraded to it. They also should be leaning on the developers to get off their ass and fix the software to run properly on the new platform. The specs for Vista were out a long time before it was released.
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They didn't WANT to upgrade, but their standard laptop no longer comes with XP, so they have a choice of either changing laptop vendors (which defeats the purpose of standardization, and causes me headaches) or..... hmmm.
Saying "well they should do this" or "they should do that" is missing the point entirely. If Vista wasn't forced down their throats, they wouldn't have to do ANYTHING at all, as their current needs are already met by XP. For that matter, I'd say I have exactly 0% of customers who "need" to upgrade to Vista - it's a solution in search of a problem.
There is nothing at all about it that makes me think, "Wow, I could sure use this to solve (whatever)." The "security" model is the only thing I see as an improvement, and frankly, that could have been retrofitted to XP without much trouble, so I'm not seeing the big value in paying hundreds of dollars for it, especially as corporate networks have their machines locked down with system policies anyway, which does 90% of what this feature is supposed to do.
Not one of my customers - not one - has embraced Vista. And these range from little 10-20 user shops, to companies with hundreds of desktops. Why? Because, as I said, it just causes problems, and it doesn't solve any, and any sane business doesn't go down that path if they don't have to.