Comments on: Letter from IT Personnel at Purdue University: No Upgrades to Vista, Office 2007, or even IE7 http://bobcaswell.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/ Media consumer, tech enthusiast, and blogger Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Bob Caswell http://bobcaswell.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Bob Caswell Thu, 08 Feb 2007 22:14:04 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/#comment-506 Thanks for info, Joe. Thanks for info, Joe.

]]> By: joe http://bobcaswell.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/comment-page-1/#comment-505 joe Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:29:19 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/#comment-505 I work for Purdue Itap, and would hope that they would have differentiated between their ?student sector (the small portion) and their research & faculty portion (Larger & ?important section), @ Purdue there is one train of thought we are a business, students ?come second, and with this they are starting to implement user unfriendly technology ?delays towards students. Vista is already being developed for "business" use, after all ?Purdue has the 2nd most profitable research center of any college/university. However ?there is a growing opinion that they should rush the student development and deployment ?to work out the bugs faster for the research and business development, outdating student ?software and hardware that they will not fund the departments to replace.? I work for Purdue Itap, and would hope that they would have differentiated between their ?student sector (the small portion) and their research & faculty portion (Larger & ?important section), @ Purdue there is one train of thought we are a business, students ?come second, and with this they are starting to implement user unfriendly technology ?delays towards students. Vista is already being developed for “business” use, after all ?Purdue has the 2nd most profitable research center of any college/university. However ?there is a growing opinion that they should rush the student development and deployment ?to work out the bugs faster for the research and business development, outdating student ?software and hardware that they will not fund the departments to replace.?

]]> By: mfratt http://bobcaswell.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/comment-page-1/#comment-504 mfratt Sat, 27 Jan 2007 20:20:39 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/#comment-504 I'm just glad they're gonna get these issues resolved by this summer. I'm off to Purdue next year, and I've been using Vista on my Thinkpad since November. I’m just glad they’re gonna get these issues resolved by this summer. I’m off to Purdue next year, and I’ve been using Vista on my Thinkpad since November.

]]> By: Bob Caswell http://bobcaswell.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/comment-page-1/#comment-503 Bob Caswell Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:47:56 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/#comment-503 Thanks for the comment, Matt! I agree it's pretty normal, though Microsoft has already been through this cycle many times. As a billion dollar company, what's with silly issues like making backwards compatibility something not automatically set up? Perhaps I'm a lone wolf expecting more out of Microsoft this time around... Thanks for the comment, Matt! I agree it’s pretty normal, though Microsoft has already been through this cycle many times. As a billion dollar company, what’s with silly issues like making backwards compatibility something not automatically set up?

Perhaps I’m a lone wolf expecting more out of Microsoft this time around…

]]> By: Matt http://bobcaswell.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/comment-page-1/#comment-502 Matt Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:15:19 +0000 http://www.techconsumer.com/2007/01/09/letter-from-it-personnel-at-purdue-university-no-upgrades-to-vista-office-2007-or-even-ie7/#comment-502 I think it's always been a common practice among large business / school to let others find the bugs and fix them before they upgrade. Some will get one or two systems and test them out but a complete upgrade usually doesn't happen until the product has been out for a few months. I attend Utah Valley State College and received a similar message at the end of the year stating almost the same things. As for myself I've been using IE 7 since it went public and haven't had really any problems or compatablity issues with any of the sites I visit. I think it’s always been a common practice among large business / school to let others find the bugs and fix them before they upgrade. Some will get one or two systems and test them out but a complete upgrade usually doesn’t happen until the product has been out for a few months. I attend Utah Valley State College and received a similar message at the end of the year stating almost the same things. As for myself I’ve been using IE 7 since it went public and haven’t had really any problems or compatablity issues with any of the sites I visit.

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