On 2/5/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what are your reasons then? I have to say that for me, performance is > pretty damn important. Stability is probably the key issue on either a > business or a personal computer, with security being next on a > business server.
>From a business perspective, I'd say "Security" should be on top. 90% or more of the world uses their computers for basic office productivity and web surfing. Stability is important, as is hardware compatibility, but I really don't think either of those things are issues - nor have they been issues - for quite some time. Windows is *FAR* more stable than it was in the Win98/98 days. As for application compatibility - you can't entirely blame Microsoft for the fact that developers have been ignoring the rules for years, and MS has always let them get away with it. Most of the applications that BREAK under Windows Vista will do so because they are poorly written applications that violate coding standards set forth YEARS ago, and the tighter security being implemented won't allow them to do that any more. In fact, the virtualization of the system folders is a Windows Vista feature only, and Microsoft has already stated that they will NOT support it in the next major release of Windows. That means any softare still trying to write to C:\Windows or C:\Program Files just plain won't work any more, and to hell with backwards compatibility at that point. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226869 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
