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Microsoft Windows Vista Migration: Addressing the Issues of Operating System Upgrades and Migration

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Overview Windows Vista (originally codenamed Longhorn) has been one of the greatest software challenges in history and has resulted in a completely re-written operating environment that has over 50 million lines of code. The scale and complexity involved in its development has resulted in a number of high-profile delays, with the first production release still eagerly awaited. For those actively involved in the testing of this new operating system, Vista offers a new benchmark in terms of reliability and security on the desktop.

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Publisher	Datamonitor	File Format	PDF
Date Published	October 2006	Downloads	5
Format	White Papers
Topics	Upgrades and Migration, Windows Vista

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