Federal agencies ban Windows Vista
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As Microsoft is out touting the "wow" of Windows Vista, two federal agencies are among those saying "whoa."
The Department of Transportation (DOT) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) cite fear of compatibility problems as one of the reasons not to allow their tens of thousands of employees to upgrade to Microsoft's latest operating system.
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Read the story at http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6166868.html?tag=nl.e550
It appears that it may be a temporary situation.
Skip, If you recall, the
Skip,
If you recall, the same thing occurred with Windows XP when it was released, Windows 98 vs. Windows 95 when it was released, and Windows 3.0/3.1 vs. MS-DOS 6.3 when they were released. Nothing new here. In fact, 2 of the largest law firms in the country refused to upgrade Windows XP for 2 years because they were concerned about compatibility of WordPerfect, which law firms use almost exclusively, with Windows XP. In addition, they were also concerned that some of their proprietary, a vertical market software for the legal profession wouldn't work properly under Windows XP.
History has a way of repeating itself.
Chuck Runquist
Former DNS SDK & Senior Technical Solutions PM for DNS
"We are all victims of mythology in one way or another. We are the inheritors, and many times the propagators, of a desire to believe what we want to believe, regardless of whether or not it is true." -- J.V. Stewart
Now that you mention that, I
Now that you mention that, I do recall something like that.
To me, the sad part is that there seems to be little worry about backward compatibility these days.
Wonder why...
Money! Quentin
Money!
Quentin
Now that I have had my
Now that I have had my cataracts repaired, I was able to make out what Skip is doing in his picture – he is heading off to join the tank corps in the desert! Or is he simply running away!
Is that in Iraq?
Quentin
Actually, you are close.
Unfortunately, the tank is fictional. If it were real, there would be a lot less violence in this world. It's a military sci-fi book series that was started by Keith Laumer and has continued after his passing by William Keith, Eric Flint and others. You can read more in the descriptions and lists at Amazon. Here are a few of the Bolo books they have.