Westpac to screw itself first, Vista ready by December
September 12th 2006 02:51
If there was ever a time to change banks this would be it. Westpac is poised to ‘upgrade’ 20,000 PC’s to Microsoft’s new operating system “Windows Vista” by December.
Westpac enterprise services chief information Officer David Backley is apparently unconcerned to be jumping straight into Microsoft’s to-be-released operating system. He reasons he would it’s better to upgrade instead of ‘wait for problems to appear with the current support environment’.
He’s doing what he thinks is best for Westpac but he’s missing something crucial, that in fact upgrading so fast can cause dire consequences. If one can remember back when Windows XP was released, geeks of the world rejoiced as they started exploiting gaps in the operating systems security. It is not that Microsoft didn’t try to plug up every hole, and they wouldn’t shut up about how much safer it was. A fat lot of good that did to them as its numerous apparent flaws started being exploited one by one.
I’m not saying Microsoft is incompetent as a software developing company, but I think they should reconsider implementing Windows Vista on such a massive scale with a bank now before thoroughly finding out just what the operating system is capable of security wise in the consumer market. They can plug up all the holes they can find, but someone will find another hole in it somewhere. If Microsoft has learned anything they have learned that. Even up till now, so many years after Window XP’s release Microsoft is releasing update patches to plug this security flaw or that one, it’s a never ending battle.
While there is nothing wrong with Westpac wanting to upgrade to the latest and greatest software it is more than a little bit hasty and immature to do so right away, only a month after Windows Vista is officially released for businesses.
*Source Australian IT news
Westpac enterprise services chief information Officer David Backley is apparently unconcerned to be jumping straight into Microsoft’s to-be-released operating system. He reasons he would it’s better to upgrade instead of ‘wait for problems to appear with the current support environment’.
These guys have every reason in the world to be dancing
I’m not saying Microsoft is incompetent as a software developing company, but I think they should reconsider implementing Windows Vista on such a massive scale with a bank now before thoroughly finding out just what the operating system is capable of security wise in the consumer market. They can plug up all the holes they can find, but someone will find another hole in it somewhere. If Microsoft has learned anything they have learned that. Even up till now, so many years after Window XP’s release Microsoft is releasing update patches to plug this security flaw or that one, it’s a never ending battle.
While there is nothing wrong with Westpac wanting to upgrade to the latest and greatest software it is more than a little bit hasty and immature to do so right away, only a month after Windows Vista is officially released for businesses.
*Source Australian IT news
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