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Windows, sure, but what flavour?

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by nichomach

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OK, we all know that the 9X family has no real place in a business environment, and if we use Windows, we use NT/2000; but given the fact that 2K's only recently released, Whistler's on the way, and there's another one following right on its heels, what do we buy? Do we tough it out on NT4 until the OS stabilises (assuming it does) or do we chase after yet more versions as and when they appear? Is the release timing an attempt to force us, willy-nilly into a rental-based model regardless of what we want? Are we (in effect) going to be forced to rent or use ASPs even if we don't want to? Is this the way that .Net will end up hitting us? Any thoughts folks?

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by crimsoncub

The only reason Win9x boxes aren't good for business environments is security. If security is not a problem, Win98 is great. However, if security is important, Win2k Pro works perfectly. I've used it for over a year now and have had no problems.As long as there is a competent administrator that controls the 2k boxes, there shouldn't be any problem.

by nichomach

Actually, I've found that in terms of stability and ease of administration and support NT or Win2K is superior to 9X based systems, but what I really am interested in are peoples' feelings about the release timescale acceleration that we're currently seeing, and the effect that this will have on medium to long term strategic planning.

Cheers,
Nick

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