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Big Business Starts to Sour on Vista
                   
businessweek.com     May 16, 2008            

Corporate users may bypass Microsoft's troubled new operating system and hold out for Windows 7 Microsoft introduced Vista, the latest version of its Windows operating system, in New York City in January, 2007, with dramatic fanfare. But now some high-profile corporate customers are taking a pass...


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More than 200,000 demand Microsoft save XP (InfoWorld)

yahoo.com     May 16, 2008          

InfoWorld - In the four months since InfoWorld asked businesses and individuals to sign a petition at SaveXP.com asking Microsoft to keep Windows XP for sale beyond the planned June 30 general end-of-sales date, more than 200,000 have signed up to add their voices. As of May 15, the count was...

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Microsoft explains a misunderstood Vista

hexus.net     May 16, 2008          

Windows Vista just isn't as bad as widespread reports would have you believe. Granted, it might have been better, and users may have expected more, but, it's as stable and secure as most Windows operating systems. Having been released over a year ago, Windows Vista has matured and the initial...

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Defra deploys Vista, citing green credentials

zdnet.co.uk     May 16, 2008          

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) will start to roll out Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system from June. The deployment will cover 10,000 computers and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The cost of the rollout is covered by an annual service...

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Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics

silicon.com     May 16, 2008          

Vista "significantly" less susceptible to malware, it says Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last...

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Microsoft Vista: New Horizon or the End of the Road for PC Operating Systems?

dvhardware.net     May 16, 2008          

Nearly 16 months after Microsoft launched Vista, the company is still trying to convince some consumers of the operating system's merit. Vista "is a disappointment," says Shawndra Hill, operations and information management professor at Wharton and a Vista customer. "It's too complicated. We had...

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Microsoft blames users for Vista infections

zdnetasia.com     May 16, 2008          

Software giant Microsoft has claimed user "complacency" is to blame for malware infections, and denied that its Vista operating system is less secure than Windows 2000. The claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000 was made last week by security vendor PC Tools, which said that over the...

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Developers confirm, explain why they're avoiding Vista

computerworld.com.au     May 16, 2008          

Developers confirm, explain why they're avoiding Vista Computerworld Buyer's Guide - Vendors Matched to this Article programmers currently writing applications targeting Windows Vista. "None of our customers are saying, 'G******it, we need those WPF controls now!'" said Julian Bucknall, CTO for...

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Developers explain why they're avoiding Vista

bigblog.com     May 15, 2008          

Fewer than 1 in 12 programmers is currently writing applications targeting Microsoft's Vista operating system Windows developers are confirming the results of a survey released yesterday that found fewer than 1 in 12 programmers currently writing applications targeting Windows Vista. "None of our...

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Avoiding Vista?

infoworld.com     May 15, 2008          

InfoWorld recently ran an article by Eric Lai of our sister publication ComputerWorld called Developers explain why they're avoiding Vista. I'm afraid that for me, and probably for most of you, this falls in the "D'oh" department. The subhead of the article is "Fewer than 1 in 12 programmers is...

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Here's why developers are avoiding Vista

itbusiness.ca     May 15, 2008          

With so many users still hooked on XP and a bit "leery" of Vista, developers have very little incentive to adopt Microsoft's new operating system. Windows developers are confirming the results of a surveyreleased last Thursday that found fewer than 1 in 12 programmers currently writing...

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