[LINK] Vista: Why you shouldn't upgrade yet

[Rick Welykochy]

Glen Turner wrote:

> Rick Welykochy wrote:
>> On an enterprise system, one would be foolish, nay, insane to
>> upgrade to Win/Vista without having a way to revert to your
>> old working system.
> 
> Upgrading to Vista in an enterprise isn't going to happen
> as it requires physically touching machines (more memory,
> etc).

Yes, I was going to comment on this common mistake in
terminology. I do not see Win/Vista as an upgrade. It involves
a complete re-install of an operating system, not a trivial
task.

Does anyone know if you *can* upgrade an existing XP install
to Vista without a complete re-install, i.e. can you keep all your
existing apps and data intact?


> What will be much more trouble is the new Office -- new
> interface, new file formats, nasty links into Sharepoint.
> It's not at all clear what the best way to deploy that
> is.

I *had* to find out what Sharepoint is.
<http://www.trialsharepoint.com/page10.aspx>
"With tools for collaboration that help people stay connected..."
"TrialSharePoint helps teams stay connected and productive ..."
"... makes it easy for IT departments to implement a dependable,
  scalable collaboration infrastructure ..."

Someone get me a bucket. Fast.

cheers
rickw



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