Yes thats how I think of it. You could argue that with any OS, its just the means to open your apps.
As in, "Do you use Windows" "No, I use Word, Youtube, Outlook, Chrome, etc, etc, etc.
Same applies to OSX, we dont use OSX, we use the apps and software, OSX is where it is housed.
But if the OS changes significantly, that requires a re write of all the software, settings locations , how networks bind, thats quite an upheaval for a business. Not so much for a smaller business, especially if they can parallel upgrade. (Run the old and new system in parallel for a period)
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I suppose it must depend also on what they're doing. If Windows is just an entry point to custom software, upgrading the OS would matter less than if Windows itself was in constant use. What you say suggests that for many large firms, it's the former - the OS is just a table top on which to set the really important stuff.
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I out it down to the large established business base. Home users can easily adapt. Its change, so grumbles, but no real issue. But a business is vastly different. Businesses often keepOS's far longer than anyone else, as it just works.. I work for a large telco, we only went to Windows 7 last year, and then only due to XP being turned off, support and update wise. Hardware isn't an issue as businesses update them on a continual basis. Its making networks work exactly as before, custom applications are a biggie. Businesses commonly use custom software, expensive software. Each day it works as it did yesterday, you don't want a wholesale shift, its bad enough when one software is changed.
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On Dec 12, 2014, at 7:17 PM, David Smith david.smith.14916@gmail.com [iPad] <iPad@yahoogroups.com> wrote:Yes, MS have been unwilling to leave their legacy OS behind entirely. Their hundreds of millions of customers procrastinate and so must they.Apple have a smaller, more adventurous and probably less financially constrained customer base.*i* don't buy m$ products. So *i* don't have any inferior stuff like that. I buy apple stuff which in my opinion is worth my money. But the surface operating system seems pretty cool I like tiles. But that aside. I thought we were talking about m$ operating systems. Isn't part of the problem with m$ code that it's trying to maintain operability with stuff written in 1997? Legacy stuff that runs our cash machines and atm machines?
~Kris M.\\ "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing." ~Helen Keller //Microsoft, too, uses OS upgrades to push hardware upgradesThey don't sell hardware. That doesn't make sense. Writing new code for legacy software and hardware is what m$ is all about.
~Kris M.Sure they do.Where's your Zune?Your Windows tablets?
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