Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Aug 20 00:07:08 CDT 2013
Hi Brad: Yes, Microsoft is going to drop support for XP just like they have done with their other OS products before. These changes in the past have been anti-climatic but this time MS is really pushing as they want people to move up to their Win8 platform at best and Win7 at least. Times are tight for my clients and they really do not have the dollars to buy thirty new boxes with all the software updates. So to that end I have decided to move my clients completely to Ubuntu Linux and have done with the BS once and for all. Right now I have put together a couple of Ubuntu boxes which will be used as templates for the two different sites I still support. By the time April fools rolls around all the application the companies needs will be installed and ready to go....we will roll it out over on a weekend and then maybe in a couple of years when Win8 stabilizes we will look at it all again. Jim PS MS Office works just fine on Linux (MS Access as well)...just a little faster but that's all. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Marks" <BradM at blackforestltd.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 12:07:58 PM Subject: [AccessD] Future of Windows XP All, I work part time for a small manufacturing firm (about 50 employees) with a very limited IT budget. Currently there are about 20 older PCs running Windows XP (SP3). There are two purchased application systems and a number of Access 2007 applications. It is my understanding that Microsoft is dropping all support (including security updates) for XP in April of 2014. My background is primarily in application development and database administration. In the past, I have relied on fellow employees for "Operating System issues". I have some dumb questions. How serious is the issue of Microsoft dropping all support for XP next April? What are most firms migrating to? Win-7? Win-8? I would guess that either Win-7 or Win-8 will need more horsepower than XP and neither will run very well on older PCs. True? Will Access 2007 applications run Okay with either Win-7 or Win-8? Thanks, Brad -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com