Re: [foxboro] Path forward for Solaris Migration

I don't have any insight into Invensys planning, but if they are like
most of the world, they won't waste time and effort on Vista.

Jack Easley
Sr. I&C Technician
Luminant Power, Martin Lake Plant
Phone 903.836.6241
jack.easley@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Glenn.Dehler@xxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 9:55 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [foxboro] Path forward for Solaris Migration

Seasons Greetings all!

We are heading into a major upgrade at one of our sites.  Plan is to
move from Solaris and Sun into the Windows and PC world.  Given the
direction from Microsoft on XP to Vista, the question then is, should we
move to XP and then plan for a Vista migration or just wait a bit and be
one of the early adopters of Vista.
What I am seeing is Microsoft Mainstream Support for XP Pro is
14/04/2009 and Microsoft Extended Support for XP Pro is 08/04/2014.

I am not sure where Invensys is with their Vista offering at this time.
Given the Invensys PC50 FDT runs on both XP and Vista, I can only assume
that Vista for I/A Workstations is just around the corner.  And then,
purchasing a new PC now comes with Vista ... and I expect soon the
drivers for the newer hardware (found on the motherboards) will only be
Vista flavored.

Incorporated with this question is the migration of FoxDraw to the next
graphics platform that works with Vista (albeit a newer version of
FoxDraw or the Wonderware graphics that I have heard about).

Appreciate any thought anyone wishes to share (as to the correct path)

In advance, thank-you
Glenn D

 
 
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