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Canuck57
http://www.itx.net/news.asp?ITM_gID=112368
Preedit writes "The State of Maine is the latest organization to skip
Windows Vista, which has been a near-disaster for Microsoft. An internal
state document (dated September 15) uncovered by Infoweek reveals that Maine
will not be upgrading its more than 11,000 personal computing devices from
XP to Vista - ever. Instead, it's going to wait until Windows 7 ships in
2010 and hope for the best. The news is in line with a survey that shows
only 4% of businesses in the UK have upgraded to Vista, the story notes. So
much for that $300 million Seinfeld campaign." A commenter on the article
makes the point that Maine's signing an enterprise software license with
Microsoft means that Redmond doesn't really lose out on this deal it simply
allows the state to upgrade its equipment and software on its own time.
Preedit writes "The State of Maine is the latest organization to skip
Windows Vista, which has been a near-disaster for Microsoft. An internal
state document (dated September 15) uncovered by Infoweek reveals that Maine
will not be upgrading its more than 11,000 personal computing devices from
XP to Vista - ever. Instead, it's going to wait until Windows 7 ships in
2010 and hope for the best. The news is in line with a survey that shows
only 4% of businesses in the UK have upgraded to Vista, the story notes. So
much for that $300 million Seinfeld campaign." A commenter on the article
makes the point that Maine's signing an enterprise software license with
Microsoft means that Redmond doesn't really lose out on this deal it simply
allows the state to upgrade its equipment and software on its own time.