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New Release of Microsoft - Pro Vista

For the first time in five years, Microsoftoperating system, Windows XP, works just fine
Corp. is finally unveiling a new system forfor most companies -- especially with a
operating personal computers. Now the companysecurity-enhancing patch known as Service
must persuade PC buyers that the launchPack  2  that  Microsoft  released  in  2004.
really matters to them. Beginning Thursday,
businesses that buy Windows licenses in bulkBut many buyers want more dramatic reasons to
have first crack at the new operating system,change  their  PCs.
called Vista. Consumers can get Vista on home
PCs  beginning  Jan.  30.Kamal Anand, chief technology officer for
TradeStone Software Inc., a Gloucester,
Microsoft and computer vendors contend thatMass.-based provider of supply-chain
Vista will make Windows machines more secure,software, examined test versions of Vista and
powerful and graphically dynamic, especiallyOffice and found "no compelling need" to
when combined with other products Microsoftupgrade his company's 100 PCs and laptops
is releasing simultaneously. Those includeanytime soon. Instead, Anand expects Vista
new back-end server software for businesses,and Office to slowly permeate TradeStone as
as well as Office 2007, which brings sweepingit buys new PCs for employees in coming
changes to widely used programs such as Word,years.
Outlook,  Excel  and  PowerPoint.
"Nobody wants to go through the extra time
Much is at stake for Microsoft. Most of itsand effort and money to upgrade an existing,
revenue and almost all of its profit comeswell-working system," he said. The programs
from Windows and Office, funding thein Office 2007 have been overhauled in many
company's sexier ventures in video games andways. Generally they can make it easier for
music players. But even with all the toutedpeople to collaborate on documents and to
improvements, analysts expect Vista to onlymanage information from multiple sources.
gradually emerge, especially in bigExcel in particular packs a wallop, with
organizations where upgrading can be avastly increased number-crunching abilities.
costly, complicated affair. Gartner DataquestThe Outlook e-mail program performs
predicts that it will be 2010 before Vistanoticeably faster searches for tidbits buried
outnumbers the previous operating system,in  messages.
Windows  XP,  on  business  computers.
Some Office programs also have scrapped their
PC makers say Vista will enable computers tofamiliar menu structure in favor of a
do things that previously were difficult or"ribbon" atop the screen that reorders how
costly. For example, Lenovo Group Ltd., thecommand choices are presented to the user.
world's No. 3 PC maker, says Vista greatlyWhile that new interface unlocks many
enhances data-backup tools it builds into itsfeatures that were hard to find in previous
machines.generations of Office software, it will
require some time to get used to, which might
"All those capabilities are going to be onegive  tech  buyers  pause.
step better with Vista," said Clain Anderson,
Lenovo's  director  of  software peripherals.Another potential drag for Office is that the
world has changed considerably since the last
A company with 10,000 employees, for example,major release in 2003. Inexpensive,
likely has 1,000 business applications, manyopen-source alternatives to Office have
of which need to be tested on Vista before agained traction. And rivals such as Google
company can switch its PCs to the newInc. are increasingly delivering
operating system, said Gartner analystspreadsheets, word processing and other tools
Michael Silver. That process often takes 12for free over the Internet, an attractive
to 18 months and lots of labor by thechoice for smaller companies.
technology staff. In the meantime, the last



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