Now there's a good move (NOT!) -- Exchange cannot be easily ported to Windows Server 2008. In fact "not easy" is an understatement. Sounds as if such a migration is near-on impossible. The story says: "The vendor is already warning users that the RTM version of Exchange 2007 cannot be installed on Windows Server 2008 and that it is impossible to do an in-place upgrade to Windows Server 2008 on a server running Exchange 2007 SP1."

Microsoft only hurts itself by failing to resolve these kinds of issues before it ships its software. Enterprises have been fully trained to wait until software (particularly from Microsoft) has aged with a few service packs before buying it. With virtualization options so plentiful, Microsoft is giving its users more reasons than ever to simply ignore its latest-greatest and stay with the status quo for as many years as possible. Too bad. Would be better for all concerned if enterprises were able to count on major software vendors to build new software that helps them improve productivity and manage costs -- not that demands hardware to be scrapped so new software can be installed.

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