The Countdown to Vista
Submitted by claytonblackham on 24 February, 2008 - 23:47.
InfoWorld has implemented a countdown to the end of XP sales. Actually, it’s more of a petition to save XP. As of this writing we’re 122 days until businesses will at least have to start thinking about migrating to Vista. InfoWorld currently has more than 96,000 signatures on their petition “to demand that Microsoft not stop OEM and shrinkwrapped sales of Windows XP as planned on June 30, 2008, but instead keep it available indefinitely…”
It’ll be interesting to see if this petition influences the folks in Redmond to listen and grant a stay of execution.
Whether or not it works, Vista will eventually be a significant OS in the enterprise. Businesses need to plan for Vista and what it’ll take to migrate their applications and data to a new OS. With more than 20 million assisted OS migrations (Windows 98, 2000 and XP) under our belt, we feel it’s safe to say that Symantec knows a thing or two about successful Windows migration.
Burton Group and Gartner analysts are telling Microsoft to keep XP available until at least 2009. Part of Michael Silver’s reasoning is compatibility of homegrown applications and applications from minor and defunct software companies.
In addition to traditional OS management and PC data and settings migration capabilities, Symantec now offers Application Compatibility Suite, which includes Application Control Solution, along with Software Virtualization Solution (SVS) and Wise Package Studio.
To outline best practices in Vista migration, Symantec has authored a white paper called 10 Steps for Vista Migration that outlines how to implement a successful migration without interrupting end user productivity.
If you’d like to talk with a Symantec spokesperson about our best practices and technology, or a customer who is in the process of migrating to Vista, please contact Symantec PR.
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Vista disappointing, but not helped by poor OEM Selling
I find it hard to defend Vista, and i am a Windows admin.
The problem is well known -the hardware required to run Vista *sensibly* is such an enormous leap above what OEMs are retailing to most punters that the Vista Experience is miserable for many home and business users.
Selling Vista systems with a underspeced hardware just to push units out the door is unprofessional. Dell will sell, no Dell will PUSH Vista to punters even on 512MB, single-core machines.
Until the base of the hardware market significantly improves, Vista is just a non-starter.
And, admittedly, I was hoping for something much more ground-breaking with Vista, and at a professional level I'm just disappointed. The OS to me feels like a WindowsME on steroids.
Kind Regards,
Ian./
Vista - no excitement for me either
I agree 100% with Ian....even though I am not an Admin. I had the "pleasure" of purchasing a Dell system with OUT the option of something other than Vista. I know it's important to have fresh, new ideas to stay up with competitors - but it is not user friendly or anything to look forward to...no matter how you are going to utilize it.