US Dept. of Transportation issues moratorium on Vista, IE7 & Office 2007
This might not mean as much as one expects at first glance; after all, large government and corporate users tend to be conservative in their adoption of new technologies. I’ve spoken with people who plan to upgrade their users to Vista, but not for a year or so (certainly until after the first Service Pack).
But this quote
In a memo to his staff, the DOT’s CIO Daniel Mintz says he has placed “an indefinite moratorium” on the upgrades as “there appears to be no compelling technical or business case for upgrading to these new Microsoft software products. Furthermore, there appears to be specific reasons not to upgrade.”
is pretty harsh.
From Information Week, via Slashdot.