Windows Vista's 90-Day Report Card
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| CIO David Bowen says he may drop Microsoft's PC software, Office
| included, in favor of Linux-based PCs and Google's new online
| business applications. Among other problems, Bowen says Lotus
| Notes didn't work properly when tested on Vista. "When you
| consider the incompatibilities and the fact that we haven't
| seen much in the way of documented business value, we felt
| that we needed to do a lot more study," Bowen says.
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| Security B+ No showstopper bugs or viruses; only one patch
| Application Compatibility C- Only 1,000 apps have
| compatibility been certified
| Device Drivers B- 90% coverage means 10% breakage
| Stability B A service pack will be necessary this year
| Wow Factor D IT pros don't see the business case
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=197801766
Related:
Survey: Vista Used Less than 1 percent of PCs
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| Windows Vista may yet prove to be an unstoppable juggernaut,
| but statistics released Thursday by a market research firm
| show that the new operating system hasn't even licked its
| nine-year old ancestor.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,129525/article.html
Vista still vulnerable
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| Vulnerabilities in Windows Vista will plague users in coming months
| and years, a prominent security researcher warns, despite its
| security improvements over predecessor XP.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/vista-still-vulnerable/2007/02/26/1172338546822.html
http://tinyurl.com/2o82lf
Flaw found in Office 2007
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| Researchers have discovered a "highly critical" security flaw in
| newly released Office 2007, despite Microsoft's efforts to deliver
| its most secure version yet of the productivity software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6161835.html
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