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The impending crisis that is Windows XP and IE 8

10 points by stesch 13y ago

devx 13y ago
The good news for those organizations is that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is coming out in the same month Windows XP's support is expiring. If they are ever going to move off Windows (especially governmental institutions), now it's the best time to do it, with them moving off XP, and with Windows 8 being so schizophrenic, radical, and generally enterprise-hostile.
- greenyoda 13y ago
  I don't think it's likely that a huge corporation whose entire IT infrastructure was built around Windows and Microsoft software would migrate to Linux. It would be a big technical and political risk for the executives: if something went wrong, the company would be seriously hurt and they'd be fired. Upgrading to a newer version of Windows would be technically easier and politically much, much safer.
- stephenr 13y ago
  Ok so let’s say a big company/government agency decides to migrate off of Windows, and onto Linux. This much has happened before. Why then, would this organisation that obviously has some kind of IT staff who have some kind of training and experience, pick Ubuntu? It’s like saying “I want Linux, but with all the shitty bits of Windows added in by default for me”.
- shearnie 13y ago
  Assuming a Linux migration was on the cards, how would you go about supporting office excel spreadsheets with VBA code, VB6 Winform apps and intranet sites optimised for IE6?
shaggyfrog 13y ago
Another website that requires loading an advertising script/tracker (Disqus) in order to show actual content. Authors: please stop using this pattern!
- nonchalance 13y ago
  It's the disconnect rule: any article which requires disabling ghostery/disconnect to read or which have 10 or more trackers merit flagging. If the content is good, there is most likely a better home with fewer trackers / ads (which is not to say that I'm against ads entirely, but there is a limit)
- stesch 13y ago
  I'm using NoScript and there is no problem reading the article.
hackhackhack 13y ago
9 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5090546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5090546

10 points by stesch 13y ago

devx 13y ago

The good news for those organizations is that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is coming out in the same month Windows XP's support is expiring. If they are ever going to move off Windows (especially governmental institutions), now it's the best time to do it, with them moving off XP, and with Windows 8 being so schizophrenic, radical, and generally enterprise-hostile.

greenyoda 13y ago
I don't think it's likely that a huge corporation whose entire IT infrastructure was built around Windows and Microsoft software would migrate to Linux. It would be a big technical and political risk for the executives: if something went wrong, the company would be seriously hurt and they'd be fired. Upgrading to a newer version of Windows would be technically easier and politically much, much safer.
stephenr 13y ago
Ok so let’s say a big company/government agency decides to migrate off of Windows, and onto Linux. This much has happened before. Why then, would this organisation that obviously has some kind of IT staff who have some kind of training and experience, pick Ubuntu? It’s like saying “I want Linux, but with all the shitty bits of Windows added in by default for me”.
shearnie 13y ago
Assuming a Linux migration was on the cards, how would you go about supporting office excel spreadsheets with VBA code, VB6 Winform apps and intranet sites optimised for IE6?

shaggyfrog 13y ago

Another website that requires loading an advertising script/tracker (Disqus) in order to show actual content. Authors: please stop using this pattern!

nonchalance 13y ago
It's the disconnect rule: any article which requires disabling ghostery/disconnect to read or which have 10 or more trackers merit flagging. If the content is good, there is most likely a better home with fewer trackers / ads (which is not to say that I'm against ads entirely, but there is a limit)
stesch 13y ago
I'm using NoScript and there is no problem reading the article.

hackhackhack 13y ago

9 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5090546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5090546