Vista or Windows 7? Just get off XP, Microsoft tells users
Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's latest Windows deployment guidance for business users has morphed from the overly simplistic "Don't wait for Windows 7" to become more nuanced -- and more dependent on where users are currently in their deployment cycles. But the bottom-line message: Get off Windows XP.
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