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Microsoft to business users: it's time to forget 2000 and XP
Fetched: February 12th, 2009, 10:21am CET

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Author: Sicarius
Forum: Windows news
Date: 2009-02-12

Microsoft's business customers typically take 12 to 18 months of planning and testing before operating system deployments can begin. That includes testing applications, standardizing hardware, certifying operating system images, selecting deployment tools and methods, and training end-users and IT for the new operating system. Before you blink, it can turn into a nightmare. But now more than ever it can cause problems, because in less than a year Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 will all be available, supported by Microsoft, at the same time. The software giant is trying to tackle this problem by giving customers some suggestions.

The first post to the Windows for your Business Blog is a very lengthy one. The short version is that Microsoft is urging its business customers to ditch Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The long version is narrated to us by Gavriella Schuster, a member of the Windows Product Management team. Here's a quick summary of Schuster's points.

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