[dba-Tech] Are we being forced to migrate to Linux?

Martin Reid mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk
Thu Apr 11 13:13:00 CDT 2013


I must be missing something. Where does it say you can't upgrade from xp to win 7

Martin

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On 11 Apr 2013, at 19:05, "Hans-Christian Andersen" <hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote:

> This is bad news for Microsoft. Its being reported today that PC sales dropped by 14% this quarter, Windows 8 is being considered a flop and Microsoft isn't able to make a meaningful dent in the mobile/tablet space.
> 
> Chickens coming home to roost?
> 
> - Hans
> 
> 
> On 2013-04-11, at 9:13 AM, Peter Brawley <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 2013-04-11 3:00 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote:
>>> The following article attempts to scare the users of XP into using what?
>>> 
>>> http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/european-technology/ok-so-stick-with-window
>>> s-xp-but-how-big-a-risk-do-you-run/1627?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&ttag=e101
>>> 
>>> Thousands of businesses failed to migrate from XP to Vista, for obvious
>>> reasons and now that they may have been willing to move to Windows7,
>>> Microsoft has removed any steps between XP and Windows8. Businesses are
>>> finding they have no where to go. Big business has no intension on embracing
>>> untried product with a dubious record so far.
>>> 
>>> Just today a friend who works for a company called Soroc (they do all bank
>>> computer maintenance and installation), one I use to work for, says the
>>> banks are now seriously looking at moving their operation to Linux.
>>> 
>>> If this is the case Microsoft may have made a major blunder in trying to
>>> force everyone to use Win8 by removing Win7.
>> 
>> More than a blunder---continued abuse of their market power over their users.
>> 
>> PB
>> 
>> -----
>> 
>>> 
>>> Even NASA is moving to Linux not Windows. ;-)
>>> 
>>> https://www.linux.com/news/featured-blogs/191-linux-training/711318-linux-fo
>>> undation-training-prepares-the-international-space-station-for-linux-migrati
>>> on
>>> 
>>> Jim
>>> 
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