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It only makes sense if there's a competitive advantage to the upgrade. For the vast majority of businesses there isn't. In that scenario the cost of sticking wi
by angstrom 16y ago
It only makes sense if there's a competitive advantage to the upgrade. For the vast majority of businesses there isn't. In that scenario the cost of sticking with XP is actually a competitive advantage for those companies when the economy is weak and budgets are tight. For tech companies it's not an issue since tech is their business having the best is a competitive edge.
- eli 16y agoThis is exactly it. I think XP is the first desktop OS that was truly "good enough" for typical, everyday business use. Sure, Windows 7 is clearly a better OS... but is that going to make Company X produce widgets any faster? Probably not enough to justify the cost of licensing and upgrading to a new OS (and that's assuming that there are no compatibility issues with e.g. that old timecard app the intern wrote in 2001)