[IP] Et Tu, Intel? Chip Giant Won't Embrace Microsoft's Windows Vista

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Bruce R Koball [bkoball@well.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 9:14 PM
To: David Farber
Cc: ip
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Dave,

On the chance IP hasn't seen this...

> Et Tu, Intel? Chip Giant Won't Embrace Microsoft's Windows Vista
>
> By Steve Lohr
>
> Intel, the giant chip maker and longtime partner of Microsoft, has decided
> against upgrading the computers of its own 80,000 employees to Microsoft's
> Vista operating system, a person with direct knowledge of the company's
> plans said.
>
> The person, who has been briefed on the situation but requested anonymity
> because of the sensitivity of Intel's relationship with Microsoft, said the
> company made its decision after a lengthy analysis by its internal
> technology staff of the costs and potential benefits of moving to Windows
> Vista, which has drawn fire from many customers as a buggy, bloated program
> that requires costly hardware upgrades to run smoothly.
>
> "This isn't a matter of dissing Microsoft, but Intel information technology
> staff just found no compelling case for adopting Vista," the person said.

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/25/et-tu-intel/index.html?hp

fwiw, I've been frantically trying to replace the older machines in my
shop before MS prohibits OEMs from selling XP entirely...

-brk-

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