There are some company management PHBs who have wool in their ears; and
in the brains. :)
QuantumG wrote:
Someone I know, who will remain names, just told me that they have just
discovered that the latest version of their software that they have
deployed to a few 10s of thousands of sites doesn't work in Windows XP
SP2. I said I wasn't surprised as, you know, SP2 is a train wreck.
They stress to me how screwed they were as Microsoft is forcing SP2 on
everyone running Windows Update so they have to tell their customers not
to run it (which looks really bad). But then the kicker happened:
"So when does the next service pack for XP come out?"
"Heh, there probably won't be one."
"Huh, what do you mean?"
"Well, Longhorn is supposed to be coming out this year."
"Longhorn? What's that?"
Mwahahaha.. Said person went into a small fit when I told them that
Longhorn (or Longhaul as I pronounce it) is the next "revolutionary"
operating system from Microsoft and yeah, if you're having trouble with
SP2 you aint seen nothin' yet.
What's really stupid is that this company has tried to reduce costs by
installing software onto client computers instead of deploying
preconfigured computers. If they'd just made their software for linux
and distributed preinstalled computers to every customer they wouldn't
have so many headaches.
Trent
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