I know Microsoft wonders why IT folk won't jump on the Vista bandwagon. Why we won't beat the drum and dance to the music.
Here's the thing: I would, but....
The last month of the year and the first are upgrade months for us. There are tax upgrades, software upgrades, antivirus upgrades, etc. I don't know why they are clustered at the end and beginning of the year for us, they just are. Probably has to do with the fact that we do a lot of ERP (accounting) software support and the IRS releases new tax rules about then.
Every December and January we load new updates for clients...and every December and January, there's a new list of hot fixes, bugs, quickly rolled out versions, etc. from vendors who didn't quite get all the bugs out. I know why it happens, but it makes for a couple of rough months for me.
And that's why I--for one--won't be banging the drum for Vista for a while...I don't want to get caught in the fallout of new drivers, quickly updated software, incompatibilities, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I'll update my computer as soon as all the software I use is compatible...and I'll load Office 2007 and tell all my friends how much I like it.
But today I'm tired of software that breaks just because you upgrade it.
So...software vendors...tell me again why I should encourage my clients to upgrade? Why was that again? I must have missed something...
