Corporate America's rejection of Vista
Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product

By Aaron Ricadela
updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating
system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps
getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next
version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
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of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...

john wrote:
> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>
> By Aaron Ricadela
> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
> operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so
> many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may
> just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
> ------------
> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...

And assuming, too, that General Motors is still in business...

"Frank" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:482a25dd$0$31744$(E-Mail Removed)...
> john wrote:
>> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
>> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>>
>> By Aaron Ricadela
>> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
>> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
>> operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many
>> speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait
>> for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
>> ------------
>> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...
>
> "Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip
> releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at
> Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines (CAL),
> Bank of America (BAC), Cerner (CERN), and Royal Dutch Shell, which are
> installing Vista on thousands of machines, as evidence of the system's
> acceptance. For their part, consumers are warming to the improved
> performance and availability of popular software such as Apple's (AAPL)
> iTunes and Intuit's (INTU) QuickBooks on Vista PCs. "We're seeing
> tremendous transition to Vista, particularly in the consumer space," Nash
> says.'
> Frank

Give me that in percentages of fortune 500 companies, 1% ?

GM has some 380,000 employees. If every other employee needed a $2,000
refresh for Vista, plus new licenses for OS and Office ... that costs a half
billion dollars not including staff time to deploy!!!

No wonder they will wait.

LOL.

Vista improved performance, the latest BS from MS drones. Anyone who has
run XP and Vista and says Vista is faster is seriously deficient in reality.

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>
> By Aaron Ricadela
> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
> operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many
> speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait
> for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
> ------------
> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...

The whole article:

http://www.businessweek.com/technolo...rss_topStories

This is more typical:

Alaska Airlines (ALK) is among companies that see diminishing value in
running the latest Microsoft desktop technology when so many applications
are available via a Web browser. "There's no business value in us continuing
to chase that upgrade cycle," says Senior Vice-President and CIO Bob Reeder.
So as PCs need replacement, the airline buys Vista-equipped machines for its
roughly 2,000 office workers from Dell (DELL), then exercises its right to
downgrade the machines to XP. About 8,000 PCs used mostly by gate agents and
airport crews run a variety of older Windows versions. Reeder says the
company plans to skip Vista.

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:OLuNx%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>
> By Aaron Ricadela
> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
> operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many
> speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait
> for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
> ------------
> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...
>

General Motors makes crap. You can equate GM to a badly damaged version of
Windows ME.

On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:36:03 -0700, Frank <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>john wrote:
>> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
>> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>>
>> By Aaron Ricadela
>> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
>> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer operating
>> system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps
>> getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next
>> version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
>> ------------
>> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...
>>
>>
>
>"Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip
>releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at
>Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines (CAL),
>Bank of America (BAC), Cerner (CERN), and Royal Dutch Shell, which are
>installing Vista on thousands of machines, as evidence of the system's
>acceptance. For their part, consumers are warming to the improved
>performance and availability of popular software such as Apple's (AAPL)
>iTunes and Intuit's (INTU) QuickBooks on Vista PCs. "We're seeing
>tremendous transition to Vista, particularly in the consumer space,"
>Nash says.'
>Frank

Frank can't do simple math. Vista has been out for over a year, 84% of
the install base running some prior version of Windows HAS NOT changed
over to Vista. Yet the idiot Frank likes to pretend this is success.

Sure fool, when better than 8 out 10 don't do something that in your
moronic thinking is a success. Everyone laugh.

Frank wrote:
> john wrote:
>> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
>> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>>
>> By Aaron Ricadela
>> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
>> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
>> operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so
>> many speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may
>> just wait for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
>> ------------
>> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...
>>
>
> "Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip
> releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at
> Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines
> (CAL), Bank of America (BAC), Cerner (CERN), and Royal Dutch Shell,
> which are installing Vista on thousands of machines, as evidence of
> the system's acceptance. For their part, consumers are warming to the
> improved performance and availability of popular software such as
> Apple's (AAPL) iTunes and Intuit's (INTU) QuickBooks on Vista PCs.
> "We're seeing tremendous transition to Vista, particularly in the
> consumer space," Nash says.'
How come he did not point to the state of Massachusetts who skipped a
number of releases in favor of Red Hat.
> Frank

"Adam Albright" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:36:03 -0700, Frank <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>john wrote:
>>> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
>>> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>>>
>>> By Aaron Ricadela
>>> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
>>> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
>>> operating
>>> system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many speed bumps
>>> getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait for the next
>>> version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
>>> ------------
>>> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...
>>>
>>>
>>
>>"Among corporate users, it's nothing new for companies like GM to skip
>>releases of Windows, says Mike Nash, a corporate vice-president at
>>Microsoft. He points to customers including Continental Airlines (CAL),
>>Bank of America (BAC), Cerner (CERN), and Royal Dutch Shell, which are
>>installing Vista on thousands of machines, as evidence of the system's
>>acceptance. For their part, consumers are warming to the improved
>>performance and availability of popular software such as Apple's (AAPL)
>>iTunes and Intuit's (INTU) QuickBooks on Vista PCs. "We're seeing
>>tremendous transition to Vista, particularly in the consumer space,"
>>Nash says.'
>>Frank
>
> Frank can't do simple math. Vista has been out for over a year, 84% of
> the install base running some prior version of Windows HAS NOT changed
> over to Vista. Yet the idiot Frank likes to pretend this is success.
>
> Sure fool, when better than 8 out 10 don't do something that in your
> moronic thinking is a success. Everyone laugh.

Frank can't do anything productive. A good day to Frank is farting. Green
house gas.

Vista is history. Even Microsoft doesn't have the audacity to call Win7
Vista2 as it would scare people off to Linux. My guess, Win7 does not use
Vista kernel underneath. Even though some leaks like Vista regurgitated.

Vista drives people elsewhere, be it a double dip to XP or to Linux.
Everyone I know hates this piece of crap and most are not technical. Those
that run it are either not wanting to get double dipped (me) or don't know
what to do (non-tech). Already told friends, you bought Vista, what did I
say? Buy XP or replace it with Linux. Vista is a gimped horse in pain
waiting for the bullet.

"Spanky deMonkey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:OLuNx%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
>> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>>
>> By Aaron Ricadela
>> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
>> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
>> operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many
>> speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait
>> for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
>> ------------
>> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...
>>
>
> General Motors makes crap. You can equate GM to a badly damaged version
> of Windows ME.

I was thinking Windows 2.0, but point taken.

I work at a GM dealership.
If you call for help with their internet site and applications, they refuse
to assist if you have Vista.
I don't like it anyway, but that is just more reason NOT to deploy it on the
LAN.

"john" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Corporate America's rejection of Vista
> Many companies delay or denounce Microsoft's flagship product
>
> By Aaron Ricadela
> updated 11:34 a.m. ET, Tues., May. 13, 2008
> General Motors may take a detour around Vista, the latest computer
> operating system from Microsoft. The automaker has encountered so many
> speed bumps getting Vista to work on its machines that it may just wait
> for the next version of Windows, due in 2010 or 2011.
> ------------
> of course, that's only assuming the next version doesn't suck too...