My organization (20,000+ desktops) wants to move to Win7 yesterday, but is being held hostage by some of the applications we have to run.
Third-party vendors are in no hurry to confirm that existing systems will work with Win7. It makes business sense for them to want us to upgrade to their new product rather than take the time to certify that something will keep chugging away under the new OS. They won't say that it *won't* work, but they also won't certify that it *will*. If we're talking a small utility used by a few geeks in networking, no harm giving it a try and upgrading if neccessary. When it's the multi-million dollar ERP, then the calculation is different.
We're left in limbo, hoping the app vendors will actually produce a certified version of the product in time for us to test and then make a part of the overall upgrade. Some apps won't get certified ever because of customizations that have been made and we'll pay for those updates through the nose.
That's the holdup for us.
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