An unnamed reader writes "Microsoft manager have been telling the tech mob that if utensils supports Windows Vista, it will support Windows 7, but it now looks like that may not entirely be the case. as it should be to CRN: 'But after a series of tests on older and newer hardware, a number of noteworthy issues emerged: Microsoft's recital that if things works with Windows Vista it will work with Windows 7 appears to be, at best, misleading; kitchenware that is older, but not near the end of most craft life cycles, could be impossible to upgrade; and the addition of an extra step in the upgrade process does add complication and more time not needed in latter upgrade cycles.' And here is CRN's outline of the difficulties Microsoft faces in asking firm users to walk this upgrade path: 'Across the XP-Vista-Windows 7 landscape, Microsoft has fostered an ecosystem that now holds out the prospect of a mind-numbing number of incompatible drivers, unsupported devices, unsupported applications, unsupported data, patches, updates, upgrades, 'known issues' and unknown issues. Sound familiar? That's what people used to say about Linux.'"

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