FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista (InformationWeek) [LWN.net]

InformationWeek reports that the US Federal Aviation Administration is not planning to make the move to Windows Vista. "March is coming in like a lion for Microsoft's public sector business. Days after InformationWeek reported that the Department of Transportation has placed a moratorium on upgrades to Windows Vista, Office 2007, and Internet Explorer 7, the top technology official at the Federal Aviation Administration revealed that he is considering a permanent ban on the Microsoft software in favor of a combination of Google's new online business applications running on Linux-based hardware."

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FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista (InformationWeek)

Posted Mar 8, 2007 17:31 UTC (Thu) by allesfresser (subscriber, #216) [Link]

I must confess the cynical side of me wonders whether this is just another attempt at getting a nice price break...

FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista (InformationWeek)

Posted Mar 8, 2007 22:18 UTC (Thu) by k8to (subscriber, #15413) [Link]

Are federal agencies that organized? Either way though I wish them the best of luck.

FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista (InformationWeek)

Posted Mar 9, 2007 2:06 UTC (Fri) by drag (subscriber, #31333) [Link]

Well they did make sure to mention it specificly in the article:

Bowen, however, said he has not definitely ruled out an FAA-wide upgrade to Windows Vista and related software -- if Microsoft can satisfy his concerns over compatibility with the agency's existing applications and demonstrate why such a move would make financial sense given Google Apps's low price. "We have a trip to Microsoft scheduled for later this month," said Bowen.

FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista (InformationWeek)

Posted Mar 12, 2007 16:18 UTC (Mon) by cpm (guest, #3554) [Link]

How can they ditch what they are not using in the first place?

I think we've all heard this same rant in the past, and in
the end, they get a nice price point from MS, and move
along with the rest of herd.

I don't see any news here.

FAA May Ditch Microsoft's Windows Vista (InformationWeek)

Posted Mar 24, 2007 1:02 UTC (Sat) by jgraf (guest, #44287) [Link]

Downward price pressure for Microsoft is, of course, much of the reason that Google is investing in their enterprise apps at all. (That and creating a cache of content that only Google can search...) While winning the account is the best case outcome for Google, merely taking tens of millions of dollars out of Microsoft's pockets is a good one too.