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> Waktu kemaren coba Win 2000, ternyata nggak bisa buat maen game, FIFA 2000
> nggak mau, terus banyak program yang nggak mau jalan di Win 2000, meskipun
> udah diinstal ulang (program tersebut).
> Terus ... ternyata Win 2000 nggak support auto shut down.
> Jadi ... emang betul sih, rasanya Win 2000 itu lebih bagus untuk network.
Move to Windows 2000 may not be smooth for all
By Joe Wilcox
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 11, 2000, 5:00 a.m. PT
One in four corporations making the move to Microsoft's Windows 2000 will
run into problems getting the operating system to work with existing
software and systems, according to an industry research firm.
The warning from Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Group comes less than a week
before Microsoft's official debut of Windows 2000, and could make the
operating system much harder to sell to big corporations.
"We think that 25 percent of medium and large enterprises are going to
encounter new compatibility problems with a lot of business applications,
non-Windows interoperability or network infrastructure," said Gartner Group
analyst Michael Gartenberg.
That warning is one reason why the firm is reiterating its recommendation
that companies should consider delaying major upgrades to Windows 2000 until
after the release of the first bug fix--called a service pack by
Microsoft--scheduled to debut in June.
Windows 2000, Microsoft's much-hyped and long-delayed commercial operating
system, is geared more to businesses than consumers. Three versions of the
operating system will be available next week: Windows 2000 Professional,
aimed at PCs and workstations; Windows 2000 Server, for file-and-print
servers; and Windows 2000 Advanced Server, supporting clustering, which is a
way of making several systems act as a single, more powerful computer.
Gartner Group doesn't expect hordes of consumers rushing out to buy
upgrades. On the contrary: "We think the biggest adoption on the client side
will be new systems as opposed to in-place upgrades, particularly in year
one," Gartenberg said.
The market researcher predicts that by year's end, only 15 to 20 percent of
customers now using Windows 95 or 98, or Windows NT will upgrade or purchase
Windows 2000 Professional replacement systems. That number is expected to
reach as much as 45 percent by the end of 2001.
One factor potentially slowing down Windows 2000 adoption is the Year 2000
technology glitch. Companies that prepared for Y2K by buying new PCs last
year may not see a need to upgrade or replace those systems for many months.
Microsoft claims there are solid reasons why users should switch to Windows
2000 Professional, particularly when moving from Windows 95 to 98. "This is
really the first opportunity for Windows 9x customers to easily move to NT
technology," said Craig Beilinson, Microsoft's lead project manager for
Windows 2000.
Getronics, a services and consulting firm based in Amsterdam, is one
customer satisfied with the migration from Windows 9x to Windows 2000.
"We think Windows 2000 is solid and stable and rich enough that customers
can begin that adoption immediately," said Dave Hudson, vice president of
marketing for Getronics. The services company has already migrated 14,000
out of 34,000 Windows 95 and 98 users to Windows 2000.
The reasons for moving from Windows NT to Windows 2000 are less compelling,
according to Gartner Group. Companies moving to Windows 2000 from Windows 9x
will gain overall better performance and system stability, but they may not
see much difference between NT and Windows 2000.
Server adoption will be sluggish, with only 5 percent of the Windows NT
Server install base making the move to Windows 2000 Server this year,
Gartner predicts. Gartner attributes that to a long evaluation process, as
large customers assess Windows 2000's impact on corporate networks and
applications.
But Gartner expects some rebound in 2001, with as many as 45 percent NT
Server installations converting to Windows 2000 Server.
"On the server side, if you're deploying prior to Service Pack 1 or 2, and
you're using it for non-mission critical stuff, you're probably OK,"
Gartenberg said. "Anything that is mission critical or for any of the new
features in Windows 2000, you probably want to wait until at least Service
Pack 1."
Minneapolis-based Cargill is one company moving cautiously, even though the
agricultural conglomerate eventually plans to move all its desktops and
servers to Windows 2000.
Cargill plans to have about 2,500 desktops running Windows 2000 by June 1,
with plans to convert more than 30,000 PCs and servers to the operating
system within two years.
"We understand internally this is not a simple NT upgrade," said Jim Smale,
Cargill's IT manager for distributed systems management. "This is much more,
in the sense it affects our directory service direction, our network
strategy and how it plays into our Novell environment."
Corporate customers cannot be cautious enough about moving to Windows 2000,
Gartenberg said, and should ensure application compatibility before
beginning a migration to the new operating system.
"We think there are going to be a lot of hiccups across the board, and a lot
of it will be in terms of application compatibility," he said. Gartner
anticipates as much as 15 percent of existing Windows programs will require
fixes to run correctly under Windows 2000.
"If you're jumping out of an airplane and you don't check your parachute
first, it might open or it might not," said Gartenberg.
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