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Revgen
28th June 2008, 00:13
Even Microsofts strongest ally and partner will not distribute the Vista OS to it's employees even after a year of the Vista OS being out. That's gotta hurt.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/et-tu-intel/
JohnnyMalaria
28th June 2008, 00:23
It's not uncommon for large corporations to skip an OS. The company I work for won't switch, either. In fact, it is strictly forbidden to connect a Vista machine to the corporate network (as too for any XP that isn't SP2). But it isn't because the company thinks it is a poor OS - they have stated that they like the stability, easier corporate management etc - but the changes required to switch the 50,000+ PCs is too much and outweighs the benefits Vista can bring. It isn't as simple as installing Vista and carrying on. Major bespoke applications have to be validated (I'm in a heavily regulated industry), staff have to be retrained, trainers have to be trained, course materials have to be developed etc etc etc. We skipped 2000 and didn't change from NT4.0 until XP SP2 was available. We have just completed our major cycle of hardware upgrades and the next one will likely coincide with "Windows 7". XP SP2 to Windows 7 will be the obvious progression. Since 1993, we have gone Win3.11 -> WinNT 4.0 -> WinXP SP2 - just two major migrations in 15 years.

EDIT - from a purely economic perspective, the decision to switch the PCs for ~80,000 employees won't hurt MS. Let's assume $50 per seat - that's $4M - small fry in the scheme of things. I also expect MS are fully aware. If not, they would soon be so.
Revgen
28th June 2008, 00:28
I can understand why a traditional corporation won't change.

However, I'd expect a different approach from a large high-tech corporation like Intel unless there was something drastically wrong with the OS.
JohnnyMalaria
28th June 2008, 02:08
Not really. Intel is bound to shareholders who want maximum return on their investments just like any other. If the finance folk have determined it would be cost ineffective then it most likely won't happen.
cdanddvdpublisher
28th June 2008, 03:43
Not really. Intel is bound to shareholders who want maximum return on their investments just like any other. If the finance folk have determined it would be cost ineffective then it most likely won't happen.

Ditto. After all, when you're bound by the shareholders, the bottom line is what matters.