<div>I recrieved this at work and thought it would be interesting to some. This was sent out from our IT department in reference to Windows Vista: </div> <div> </div> <div> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The news:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Everybody has heard that Microsoft has released the new Vista operating system.  </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">What it offers:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> This release is supposed to offer improved user interface and security features, but not much else.  </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For home users:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> For media and games, this could be a great release if you have a system that is big enough and is compatible with Vista.</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1.25in; TEXT-INDENT: -1.25in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For County users:</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> All new systems that agencies purchase will likely come with Vista installed out-of-the-box.  This new system will likely have many bugs and flaws that will be found over the next few months and corrected by Microsoft over the year. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Items to note:   </span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Vista</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> will have trouble supporting many of the devices that are attached to a current PC until manufacturers catch up. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">                        Vista is a big unknown in terms of security problems and issues integrating with a network as complex as the County's </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 1in; TEXT-INDENT: -1in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">                        It is unknown whether Vista will be capable of running many of the custom applications deployed by the County. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">For 2007:    Salt Lake County will not support Microsoft Vista systems on the County network for the duration of 2007. </span></font></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">                  </span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any new systems will have to have Microsoft XP installed over Vista before being deployed.  (The Vista license is still preserved for later use.)</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">                  Should you have applications needing to run on Vista, please coordinate with Information Services as 468-2417 to arrange testing and certification of the application. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Should you have further questions, please call Information Services at 468-2417 for assistance. </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thank you,</span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> </span></font></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.75in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.75in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Darren J. Franchow, CIO</span></font></p></div>