[smith288]

I can think of the complex porting that would have to be done for the insurance company I work for. Hundreds or even thousands of applications would need converted... Hardly a justifiable cost.

[FastCoyote]

"I can think of the complex porting that would have to be done for the insurance company I work for. Hundreds or even thousands of applications would need converted... Hardly a justifiable cost. "

You are very correct. But here's the situation, port now or long term you're going to be screwed. The updates coming down the pike from Microsoft are designed to lock you forever into their world of upgrades, designed incompatibilities, rights management, etc. The article above doesn't address any of the very big problems which come on the edge of three years out.

[D-fendr]

Hundreds or even thousands of applications would need converted... Hardly a justifiable cost.

Don't forget to add in the costs your now incurring in testing patches, doing critical updates, and rolling all this out.

I would imagine Slammer and the IE patch cost a pretty penny. If you're using SQL Server, you have a whole nest of security costs.

Sure there's security with any OS, but MS leads the pack by a very large amount.