Reports suggest Vista security not Enterprise ready

Microsoft’s attempts to bolster security may hurt it in the enterprise sector, an analyst report has said. Behind the Boston analyst firm Yankee Group’s reasoning is the general user-unfriendliness of those security features.

As such, Yankee Group has recommended users stick with Windows XP Service Pack 2 until 2008 if they believe such issues may present a problem. It even suggested looking at Apple’s dual-boot Macs as a "hedging strategy."

The firm gathered feedback from developers, who complained that Microsoft had went too far in its implementation. They also said that some of the security measures were too repetitive, and even seemed to talk down to the user.

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