But it's a heavy-handed way to get companies into Software Assurance. |
Companies already think that switching to a Mac OS from Microsoft wouldn't be worth the hassle. A large company with thousands of PCs has a huge number of applications that require Windows, so they wouldn't even think of migrating. That puts them in a very non-Apple frame of mind. |
Companies experimenting with requiring users to purchase their own PCs should expect more Macs to enter their environments. |
Companies on Windows 2000 will have the most additional pressure, because they need to start moving relatively early anyway. |
Do I have tools to get something this large onto my PCs without administrator intervention? |
Even for people with bad lung disease, bronchitis, end-stage emphysema and asthma, the mere effect of focusing on a basic body function like breathing can be restorative. |
Eventually, they will need to do consumer releases more often. They don't need to do enterprise releases as often, but they need to be predictable. |
For business users, bringing on new equipment, much like changing operating systems, has to be because there's a demonstrated need. |
For most enterprises, it will take them 18 months for testing and planning before they can start deploying Windows Vista anyway, so this delay won't affect their plans all that much. |
If anything, it makes it better for Apple users because it gets more people into the Apple fold. |
If I rely on the user to remove metadata, a lot of that metadata is inevitably going to get through. It really needs to be automated. |
If there's one word that I use to sum up what I'm hearing from customers, it's resentment. |
If they add too little, people don't find it compelling, and if they change too much, businesses can't absorb (the new software), even if they do get it out the door. This is the 'damned if you do, and damned if you don't' situation that Microsoft finds itself in. |
Immediate is pretty quick. It would be nice if there was some sort of time line that says you have to do it within six months or a year. |
Installing the patches on new implementations without testing may be a quick alternative that minimizes legal risk, but risks breaking applications. |