Forrester Research has unleashed a bit of ire from Microsoft Nasdaq: MSFT Free Trial. Security Software As A Service From Webroot. Latest News about Microsoft with an analyst report suggesting large corporations might do well to sit out the Vista era of Windows.
Analyst Thomas Mendel s July 23 report on enterprise Rackspace now offers green hosting solutions at the same cost without sacrificing performance. Make the eco-friendly choice. trends contained a brief mention of Vista, comparing it to New Coke -- Coca-Cola s NYSE: KO Latest News about Coca-Cola disastrous reformulation of its NAMEsake product in 1985. Public outcry forced the company to backtrack and reintroduce the old drink.
Here s a tip, Mendel wrote. Consider following the lead of Microsoft s most important partner Intel and re-evaluating the case for Vista.
Only 8.8 percent of enterprise computers were running Vista as of June, up from 6.2 percent in January, according to the report. XP was the most prevalent OS, running on 87.1 percent of the 50,000 desktops included in the survey.
If it aint broke dont fix it, or atleast dont replace it with just more issues....
