[Am-info] FLOSS BLOKES CRANKY OVER DODGY TCO

[Fred Miller]

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 03:27:57 -0400
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http://www.open-mag.com/9483483279.shtml

"2004 is a cataclysmic year for corporate IT. 2004 marks the final passage of 
Windows NT into the nether regions of unsupported software. At the end of 
2003, all performance updates were ended, leaving just maintenance of 
critical security patches. At the end of this year all maintenance comes to 
an end. 

Just how big of a deal is this? If you have servers running Windows NT that 
have never been upgraded to Windows Server 2000, you are not alone. What's 
more, these servers are not doing insignificant tasks. If you visit Netcraft, 
you'll find that the Web sites of companies like eBay, Ikea, Gateway, and The 
Bank of New York run on Windows NT. So who of the Fortune 100 are now running 
on Windows Server 2003? It is not a long list: Microsoft."

-- 
"Steve Ballmer is no more designed for the art of persuasion 
than the Abrams tank is for delivering meals on wheels."