The Cost of Switching Operating Systems

Sidney · 28th November 2007, 00:30

As any person who works for a company can probably attest to, corporations are like huge cruise ships when it comes to IT - they do not turn on a dime. They choose Windows because it is tried and true, everybody uses it, and they get official support from Microsoft.

http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-co...ating-systems/

Sidney · 28th November 2007, 01:01

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When I was working in IT for a brief stint at Citibank, one of the things that I was surprised at was the slowness at which a decision gets made. It takes forever to make a decision. Sometimes there can be multiple meetings on one topic and still nothing happens. And, yes, they loved big name software.

Not as simple as running a hardware website, I am afraid. Try lead a IT project that involve multi channel and cross divisional platform, then make your comments publicly. It takes time; good decision making process involve more than ONE person's opinion (yours).

Yes, they like "big" names because they could pay for their mistakes.

28th November 2007, 16:30

I expected an article that said it is retarded for a company to switch to vista, yet 13% already did make the switch (MADNESS).

jmke · 28th November 2007, 17:07

no, software assurance, and feasible for smaller companies, they don't pay for getting Vista, if they don't use a lot of 3rd party software, the switch can be done in a weekend

28th November 2007, 00:30	#1
Sidney Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,738	The Cost of Switching Operating Systems As any person who works for a company can probably attest to, corporations are like huge cruise ships when it comes to IT - they do not turn on a dime. They choose Windows because it is tried and true, everybody uses it, and they get official support from Microsoft. http://www.pcmech.com/article/the-co...ating-systems/ __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

28th November 2007, 17:07	#4
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,021	no, software assurance, and feasible for smaller companies, they don't pay for getting Vista, if they don't use a lot of 3rd party software, the switch can be done in a weekend __________________

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28th November 2007, 16:30	#3
Rutar Posts: n/a	I expected an article that said it is retarded for a company to switch to vista, yet 13% already did make the switch (MADNESS).