InformationWeek has started a detailed, fascinating series that will offer over
the next several days the views of six different people who are using Windows
Vista "in the trenches." This is a great idea! Here is a clip from the
article's intro:
We've all heard from dozens -- actually hundreds -- of analysts, journalists,
pundits, bloggers, and other opinionated writers about Vista. They've written
about its interface, its features, its development, its PR machine... But one
segment we haven't heard from are the actual users -- the IT managers,
consultants, programmers, and everyday users who are the ones who will have to
actually deal with installing, learning, tweaking, and fixing Vista in their
workplaces and homes.
To find out how Vista is being approached in the trenches, we invited six
InformationWeek.com readers to a week-long roundtable discussion. Participants
included:
Dennis Barr, Manager, Information Technology for the Larkin Group
Marc Chester, Vice President, Business Development for Data Reduction Systems
Bill Flanagan, independent IT/networking consultant
David Gray, Vice President for Information Technology & CIO and CEO,
UMassOnline for the University of Massachusetts
Chris Rutkowski, IT Manager for Reliant Behavioral Health
Wayne Wengert, retired programmer/IT specialist
Over the next week, we'll find out what these IT professionals think about the
introduction of Vista, its pros and cons, and the likelihood that it will be
adopted in their workplaces. In this, the first of five segments, the
participants introduce themselves and offer their initial opinions about
Microsoft's new OS.
What do you think of these observations and experiences? Do they jive with your
experience of Windows Vistas? (we have a number of members here in The Hive who
would have been great participants for this roundtable...I wish they'd asked
us!)
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