From: Mike '/m' 

On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:05:29 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>
>"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
>message news:437544cd$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/windows/0,39020396,39236741,00.htm
>>
>> "Companies shouldn't rush to upgrade to Microsoft Windows
Vista, according
>> to analysts at Gartner, who believe most firms could safely hold back
>> until 2008.
>>
>> The majority of improvements in Vista will be security-related and most of
>> this functionality "is available via third-party products
today", Gartner
>> claimed in a research note published on Friday.
>>
>> While Vista will feature "offer incremental, evolutionary
improvements"
>> over its predecessors, XP users should "pursue a strategy of managed
>> diversity" only bringing in Vista on new machines and not
until 2008, the
>> analysts recommend.
>>
>> "
>>
>> Ouch.
>>
>> What year is it?
>>
>> Adam
>
>I thought mainstream support for Windows XP expired at the end of 2006?  <
>happy to be proven wrong >
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=windows+XP&x=3&y=
11
>

I'm sure that will be updated to reflect the amazingly long gestation phase
of a longhorn.

 /m

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