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Vista to Be Adopted Sooner Or Later

Users who may be frustrated with malware could trust Microsoft one more time by investing in a newer version of the Windows.

The new version called Windows Vista has arrived in the market by a month now. However, business users and industry experts feel that this great OS is not yet ready to substitute XP.

There are several issues related to it. One is to do with patching. In the former weeks of December this year, Microsoft released a patch for its IE7 that enhances the performance of its phishing filter. While Microsoft fixed the problem for Windows XP and Server 2003 it did nothing for Vista. The company said it would issue the particular update in January 2007 after the consumer release of Vista.

The second issue relates to non-compatibility of some applications with Vista. These include: Lotus Notes e-mail and collaboration suite of IBM; VPN clients of Cisco Systems and Check Point Software Technologies; Accounting software QuickBooks 2006 of Intuit; and Trend Micro's anti-virus software.

IBM said its Lotus Notes will become compatible with Vista by mid-2007. It will also release the next version of the suite, Lotus Notes 8 for Vista during that time. Cisco will make VPN available for Vista some time in early 2007.

Incidentally, some of Microsoft's own programs do not have Vista's support. For example, SQL Server 2005, that will be ready for Vista only after the consumer release of the OS.

There may be some time lag in adopting Vista because users would like to wait till the applications are ready to work with the new OS. Even if this preparation is not complete, companies will eventually be forced to switch to Vista howsoever painful the task might be. According to analysts' predictions, enterprises will start using Vista with full earnestness by 2008.

As put by Andrew Brust, chief of new technology with TwentySix, a consulting firm in New York, once OEMs ship Vista on all new PCs, there would be no more debate on why people should adopt the change. XP is five years old, and the change in technology necessitates a new OS.

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