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("Security Advisory")
Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master
NRT-0358 XP Support Phaseout Predicted to Prompt Shift to VISTA:
Analyst firm Forrester has predicted that a third of enterprises will start company-
wide installations of Windows VISTA in 2008 as Microsoft begins to phase out support
for Windows XP. Many businesses have been reluctant to deploy the new operating
system until it has proven its stability and because of a relative lack of compatible
applications. However, with mainstream support for Windows XP set to end on 14APR09,
large businesses are likely to begin replacing it with Windows VISTA in 2008. Business
users attempting to run Windows XP after April 2009 may find it difficult to get support
for third-party applications and Microsoft's own products. Forrester predicted that by
mid-2008 Windows VISTA will be deployed across at least one-quarter of PCs in North
American and European businesses.
(www.computerweekly.com 04JAN08)