My one trusted source on the Internet for IT related news is The Register. It provides timely and (mostly) accurate articles on what is happening across the industry. Most important to me is that The Register doesn't toady up to any vendor, Sun included, which means you can generally rely on it to cut right through the marketing hype.
Imagine my disappointment when I read today's article "Ten Reasons why you should upgrade to Windows Vista". Talk about drinking the Kool-Aid! Of the reasons given, just three will be of any interest to corporate clients: improvements in account security, firewall and file search performance. All the reasons given are more likely to appeal to to game players. The last reason however takes the biscuit for me - you should upgrade to Vista because "It's inevitable". Experts agree that at some point in the future life on earth will be extinguished by some cataclysmic event such as a meteor strike, so excuse me while I go jump off the nearest cliff. It's inevitable you see, so I might as well do it now!
Of course, there is another way. Examine your desktop strategy. Investigate the alternatives. Don't be kidded into believing that you need expensive 3D hardware plus huge amounts of CPU power and memory to do email, calendar and other office tasks.
b.t.w. The Register redeemed itself slightly with a wonderful article on April 1st about the new phone to be produced by Google and Apple.
