NIST says "No" to Vista

Actually is is only not allowed to connect a Vista PC till it has gone through all security checks - according to an email this morning.

I like reading Microsoft news because I can't get enough of Vista on my macbook.

I think the slow adoption of Vista by agencies and other organizations is understandable. We've had XP for a long time, we know how it works, we know how to fix it and how to patch it. These groups don't want to fall victim to the first major Vista security threat. They'll wait it out.

I'm running AVG on my macbook and I don't poke around the bowels of the internet.

One more thing. I hope Leopard is good because I find myself holding down "option" key on more and more boot ups*.

*It is true that 1/2 of those windows BSOD before it loaded.

I work for a local government agency which is an all MS shop except for one Mac that someone brought into one of the departments. The IT folks have banned Vista so far because there is no compatible Network Client for it yet.
There are also a few security concerns that they are trying to work through and the program that I use everyday has not passed the compatibility test yet either. Rest assured as soon as these things have been worked out we'll migrate sometime end of year if all goes well.

I've worked at NIST, they just have very strict regulations over what computers are aloud to connect to the network, as you'd hope for a government department.

Seriously, why is everyone complaining? Comment #7 said it best... this is completely relevant!! I mean, what's so bad about this? If you don't care about news related to Microsoft (and you should be if you're a computer user in general), then DON'T READ IT. You're only wasting your precious time if you stop to read it. Then you wasted more time by POSTING COMMENTS ABOUT WHY YOU THINK MICROSOFT NEWS DOESN'T MATTER TO MAC USERS.

Stuart (comment #10), please cite your sources stating that OS X has also been banned by NIST. I'm searching their site to see how they ruled on OS X and haven't found anything.

Ed:

Don't be silly. The only Vista news you can get from TUAW is the bad stuff. Of course they'll never write about the good stuff.

Ned:

They get paid per post? I agree; that's bulls**t.

Funny that I get my Vista news from TUAW...

Yeah. Big deal. My all MS "big corporation" also has a "no Vista" policy. The IT department needs to test it all out, decide how to roll out, make sure no mission critical software breaks, etc., etc.

What, exactly, does this have to do with Apple? Can we please get over the "US vs. THEM" mentality? Great, thanks.

I fail to see in this article how the NIST is saying yes to OS X by saying no to Vista.

Looks like strait Microsoft bashing to me, which makes all Mac users look like snotty assholes.