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| Time: 15:04 EST/20:04 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: Andre Da Costa | ||
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Use of Microsoft Windows XP has grown inside corporations, but a new study shows that nearly half of business PCS are still running the older Windows 2000. The study, released Tuesday by AssetMetrix, underscores a recurring problem for Microsoft: While the company spends billions of dollars developing new versions of Windows and its Office desktop software, many customers are slow to give up older versions of software that's paid for and works just fine. The AssetMetrix study shows that many companies have moved off of other versions of Windows, including Windows NT 4, Windows 95 and Windows 98. | ||
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| #1 By 9589 (68.17.52.2) at 6/14/2005 5:24:56 PM |
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What's always amazing me about these periodic articles concerning Microsoft's OS penetration is the author's complete ignorance of Microsoft Enterprise Licensing. Our license, as well as those of any Microsoft customer signing an EL, allows us to use any OS version, any Office version, etc. that we choose. When we choose to use an older OS than is current, it is usually because an application will not work properly on the new OS. With XPs built in compatibility utility and virtualization, this hardly surfaces as an issue anymore.
Nevertheless, the author is just wrong when he asserts that this, "underscores a recurring problem for Microsoft." In fact, Microsoft's EL and to a lesser extent Microsoft OL, gives customers a great deal of freedom to use whichever Microsoft OS or application version that makes sense. |
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