The issue of legacy apps and backward compatibility is an important one to keep in mind, especially if Microsoft is talking about transition costs. These are not trivial now, if the transition is from Win 98 or even NT 4 to Win XP; and they are going to get significantly worse. There is just no way that Microsoft can fix their security and reliability problems without removing or significantly changing a lot of the facilities that those legacy apps use.
Tech Republic has an article on <A HREF="http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6264_11-5222856.html?tag=sc" title="com.com">some of the changes that will be coming with Service Pack 2 for XP.</a com.com>
I've already had one consulting client, a medium-sized business, move to planning a transition to Linux, after they saw how much of their old stuff would not move from Win 98 to XP.
To quote the CEO, "If we're going to have to change a lot of stuff anyway, we should change to something that will be most reliable and least expensive in the long run."
(Oh, and they don't have to buy all new machines.)
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Re:Relevance of Legacy Apps
Posted by: Rich Gibbs on June 23, 2004 04:13 AMTech Republic has an article on <A HREF="http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6264_11-5222856.html?tag=sc" title="com.com">some of the changes that will be coming with Service Pack 2 for XP.</a com.com>
I've already had one consulting client, a medium-sized business, move to planning a transition to Linux, after they saw how much of their old stuff would not move from Win 98 to XP.
To quote the CEO, "If we're going to have to change a lot of stuff anyway, we should change to something that will be most reliable and least expensive in the long run."
(Oh, and they don't have to buy all new machines.)
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