IT leaders who spoke to Computerworld at the Society for Information Management’s SIMposium 09 conference this week in Seattle say their companies remain almost completely running Windows XP on the desktop.

Despite the eight years that have passed since XP’s release, they expressed little urgency to upgrade to Windows 7.

I noticed that the companies they interviewed aren’t exactly who I would call “tech heavy” companies.  They use Sunoco (the petroleum company), Meuller Water Products (??), and Oregon State university.  Hmm.. SUPER credible enterprise sources.

Regardless, this got me to reminiscing about the good ole days, when milk was brought to your doorstep and Operating System upgrades weren’t just annoyances that only upgraded the look and feel and not really much else.  Operating System upgrades used to MEAN something.  You had to do it or you couldn’t work efficiently.  You were actually getting an upgrade.  Today, Operating System upgrades [from Microsoft] aren’t necessary in order for the majority of computer users to get their work done.  I mean, XP has been around for 8 years.  DEAR GOD that’s ancient!

Can somebody please make an Operating System that actually increases productivity?  That would be neat…