Upgrading OS is a difficult choice and someone made that decision: use Vista, not Linux or any free OS. I guess its a really hard job - spending billions of budget dollars...
@ Shinigami: In the business world, there's no such thing as a "free OS."
Yes, perhaps Linux is free to "purchase," but don't forget about support. No company would be caught dead without a support agreement, the likes of which cost on average the same or more than a Microsoft support agreement.
Also, let's not forget the in-house support. Linux-savvy IT staff typically earn more than Windows-savvy IT staff. Windows is also a more familiar interface to virtually everyone that works there. Throwing Linux into the mix will confuse and frighten the end-user population, increasing the amount of necessary Linux-savvy IT support staff, and increasing end-user dowtime. In the business world, the old cliche is true: time is money. Time people aren't working is time the company is losing money.
In short, no one who has ever held a real job in IT would ever say something as idiotic as "Linux is free." Windows is a cheaper OS for most companies to deploy and use. It's a little concept we like to call "TCO," or "Total Cost of Ownership."
(P.S. Don't bother claiming you've held a real job in IT; the only thing you will prove by doing so is how easy it is to lie on the Internets.)
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Dumbest thing ever. I've not even seen a NSA guide to secure Vista yet; but there were ones for XP, Win2k Server, Win2k3 Server... but Vista? Meh.
Guess they're trying to be "secure" via obscurity.
@gerbick
Ok, I haven't tried it, but it seems that the name says it all!
http://www.nsa.gov/ia/guidance/security_configuration_guides/operating_systems.shtml#microsoft
Can't you read or search?
The NSA won't come to your house or send you letters telling you that they have a guide ready! LOOOOL
lol. I guess the word "yet" escaped you somehow.
Simply put, there's been no request for it because most agencies didn't like Vista.
Upgrading OS is a difficult choice and someone made that decision: use Vista, not Linux or any free OS. I guess its a really hard job - spending billions of budget dollars...
Huh? I was sure I pressed that "undo" button...
@ Shinigami: In the business world, there's no such thing as a "free OS."
Yes, perhaps Linux is free to "purchase," but don't forget about support. No company would be caught dead without a support agreement, the likes of which cost on average the same or more than a Microsoft support agreement.
Also, let's not forget the in-house support. Linux-savvy IT staff typically earn more than Windows-savvy IT staff. Windows is also a more familiar interface to virtually everyone that works there. Throwing Linux into the mix will confuse and frighten the end-user population, increasing the amount of necessary Linux-savvy IT support staff, and increasing end-user dowtime. In the business world, the old cliche is true: time is money. Time people aren't working is time the company is losing money.
In short, no one who has ever held a real job in IT would ever say something as idiotic as "Linux is free." Windows is a cheaper OS for most companies to deploy and use. It's a little concept we like to call "TCO," or "Total Cost of Ownership."
(P.S. Don't bother claiming you've held a real job in IT; the only thing you will prove by doing so is how easy it is to lie on the Internets.)