US government dept bans Vista
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversThe United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has banned its users from installing Microsoft's new Windows Vista, Office 2007 and Internet Explorer 7 software packages, saying there was no business or technical justification for the upgrades.
"Based on our initial analysis (from internal recommendations and analysis performed by Gartner Group), there appears to be no compelling technical or business case for upgrading to these new Microsoft software products," the department's chief information officer Daniel Mintz wrote in a memorandum dated 19 January, 2007.
The CIO added there were specific reasons not to upgrade to the new software. These included the cost of the move (including hardware/software costs and labour), as well as compatibility concerns between Office 2007 and previous versions, primarily revolving around Microsoft Word.
Also, Mintz noted available funding was limited, and IT staff had already committed their time to the pending move of DOT's headquarters to a new building.
Mintz will issue a follow-up memorandum within 180 days from 19 January that would articulate his department's strategic desktop and laptop technology roadmap.
DOT is a large department within the US government responsible for the country's transportation networks, including railway, aviation, road and maritime transport. It has around 55,000 staff.
source: zdnet.com.au
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Comments(6)
didn't we just see this a day or so ago?
"us government dept bans vista" again, a misleading title.
it just say that there
isn't convenience in the transfer now (rightly, for the costs). not like some schools in
my country (italy) that switch to vista one month ago, with a great dispersion of funds
and time
nb: i used a piratated copy of vista and had always used microsoft
s/o. i don't say that is perfect, far from it, but i don't approve the trools who fire
on microsft because "is microsoft"
it'd help if people who posted to this site actually read it so that they'd know a
story, and the follow up to it, had already been posted a few days previously!
yea, its true. what's the point of upgrading to vista if does not reflect any business
benefits, apart from its security and reliability. did microsoft expect businesses to go
behind vista just for its interface. hell no. they are wrong. sorry bill, i didn't want
to say this. but i had to....
please don't give such kind of misleading headings. please....
heh i like how stupid our government is, why not just unleash a bunch of spyware on
government machines while they're at it. stupid buffoons. if they were smart, they'd go
with unix at least.
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By pyrates on 09.03.2007 - 07:03