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Don’t let Microsoft timescales dictate your Windows migration

 

Published 2/3/2009 at The Register

Move at a pace that is comfortable for you There is a lot of talk at the moment about desktop migration schedules. With the majority of enterprises still managing XP estates, the big question is whether to make a short term move to Vista, hang on and wait for Windows 7, or dig in and not think about it until you really have to.… (link)

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