Devblog

For months before Vista was released, all anyone was talking about was how much it had been delayed and how Microsoft should be doing more to meet the release date with all the components of the OS it promised. Well, they eventually got it shipped with most of the components and now, a few months after the release date, nobody seems to be rushing to get the upgrade. Why is that if everyone was so anxious for it to be finished?

Personally I think it’s because there’s nothing too much wrong with XP. Being an IT professional, I can manage to keep the various virus and malware nasties out of my networks and that means that we end up with a stable operating system on every machine. Yes, there may be a whole raft of new features that could increase productivity, security and other various buzzwords that keep upper management happy, but if I was given the budget for an upgrade to Vista for every box on the network, I think I would rather put it into tools and equipment to reduce spam and viruses on the network, beef up wireless connectivity and security, increase backup and system imaging… etc, etc.

So, no upgrades then? Nah, I’ll give it a few months to see what happens with it in terms of security and if everything seems to be going well, I’ll shove a copy on my home desktop to see what’s what. As far as the office goes, I think I’ll give it a miss and just wait until the actual boxes need replacing and if they’re pre-loaded with Vista, great. If not, we’ll stick with XP. Or maybe Fedora Core?