Windows XP: What is the Verdict from Businesses?

Saw this over at NTCompatible. The question is, Microsoft says "Yes You Can!" but what is the business sector saying?

The advertisements for Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows XP, appear to be focused almost exclusively on the consumer. As Madonna's "Ray of Light" pulses, a person flies through a Technicolor blue sky holding a Windows laptop, while below people edit movies and do all sorts of multimedia things. It is as if they had walked into a Mac ad by mistake.

While the consumer push seems to have a Steve Jobs ring to it, businesses, which almost without exception have used XP's predecessors, are not necessarily looking for the latest innovations in digital content. They just want an OS that is stable and runs their software without fanfare and cost effectively.

Given these rather modest yet unbending requirements, are businesses switching over to Windows XP in droves or are they taking a pass -- at least, for now?

"If you're a business that needs video capabilities, XP is the way to go," DiDio said. "But when you're talking rank and file office workers," there really isn't any compelling need to upgrade - until 2003.

Starting around the second quarter of 2002, Windows XP "is going to take off, and you'll start to see rapid adoption" in the business sector, according to DiDio.

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