> As for Windows 2003, I father disagree with the opinion that it will not > become > popular for some time. It can be characterized as Windows XP on steroids, > and > combining the stability of Win2k. It has a huge marketing budget, and I > expect > it to be in wide use in a very short time. When combined with Office > 2003, and > the included RCT functionality, It will no doubt, in my mind, become an > awesome > platform. Those who delay embracing the technology, will become behind > the > curve, so to speak. IMHO.
I suppose that depends on "who". It's just recently that the large datacenters (IBM, Digex, Exodus, etc) we deal with have only recently "standardized" on Win2000 - but the vast majority of their boxes are still Windows NT 4. In our case we have just certified Windows 2000 for use in our environment (enterprise certification can take upwards of two years), but more of the boxes are still NT 4. Our SQL Server upgrade project (going from 6.5 to 2000) will be completed next month: it only took 18 months. We're still on CF 4.5 and WebSphere 3.5. We're not at all odd in this as far as large shops go. I think that 2003 will follow the same curve as past versions: quick adoption by small shops and single users, very (very) slow adoption by large enterprise. MS may address this in many ways and attempt to change the curve, but I doubt it will happen. IT departments are pretty set in their ways across the globe. Jim Davis President, http://www.depressedpress.com Webmaster, http://www.firstnight.org Webmaster, http://www.cfAdvocacy.org Senior Consultant, http://www.metlife.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
