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My understanding of Windows (which I admittedly have not used day-to-day for the past two years) is that most businesses have typically upgraded on "off-years"
by bascule 14y ago
My understanding of Windows (which I admittedly have not used day-to-day for the past two years) is that most businesses have typically upgraded on "off-years" (or to make an analogy to Intel's tick-tock yearly release schedule, let's call them "tock" years)
If I understand correctly, the upgrade path looks something like NT4 => XP => Windows 7, skipping Windows 2000 and Windows Vista.
I've not heard of a large customer like this adopting such an experimental release. It certainly seems strange to me, especially considering Windows 8's tepid reception in the marketplace.
Anyone understand the reasoning for adopting this release instead of holding out for the next one, where (hopefully) all the egregious mistakes they've made redesigning the UI will have some sort of acceptable resolution?
- dkhenry 14y agoThe DoD was heavy users of every version of windows thats been released. For a while there was a large number of users and divisions that stuck with XP, but for the most part they just get the newest thing out there. The DoD doesn't operate like a giant corporation they are more like thousands of corporations that have a weird and convoluted relationship to each other.
- sliverstorm 14y agoThere's probably quite a bit of infrastructure still on XP though, which could help explain a move to Win8
- KaoruAoiShiho 14y agoI don't understand how this release is experimental. W8 works just fine in regular desktop mode, and has much better UX than W7 in several areas. The addition of Metro is just an optional new thing that you do not have to embrace.
- breckenedge 14y agoMy experience with W8 has been like a ping pong match between the two interfaces. If there's a way to disable metro completely, I'd be really happy to hear it.
- sliverstorm 14y agoHow is that? In my experience, the only ways to wind up back in Metro after entering Desktop is the Windows key on your keyboard, and Alt+Tab if you have a Metro app running.
- breckenedge 14y agoStart menu?