{"id":14434,"date":"2013-04-24T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T23:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=14434"},"modified":"2013-04-24T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T23:01:00","slug":"hey-lookyour-business-is-running-on-a-10-year-old-server-operating-system-w2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=14434","title":{"rendered":"Hey Look\u2013Your Business Is Running On A 10-Year Old Server Operating System (W2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"

April 2003<\/a> was such a fine month.  SARS caused every person with a sniffle to think they\u2019d die.  The war in Iraq was coming to an end (!?).  BA and Air France announced the end of supersonic flight.  We suspected that North Korea might be playing with nukes.  Something called iTunes was launched.  I think that was a fad and disappeared quickly (I\u2019m really hoping a digital Indiana Jones reads this in 10,000 years and thinks it\u2019s the truth).  And on April 24th 2003, Microsoft released Windows Server 2003.<\/p>\n

Happy 10th birthday Windows Server 2003!  You were a wonderful operating system.  In my first job where I designed\/ran a global infrastructure for a corporate, I chose you just 1 month after GA as the basis for the business.  Sure, it was a bit bleeding edge.  Yes, people did question my decision.  But it worked out fantastically.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t drive a 10-year old car.  I wouldn\u2019t want to use a van in a courier business that I can\u2019t get spare parts for.  In business I want to look forward and be competitive & flexible, instead of clinging to what was right 10 years ago.  Makes you wonder why 57% of servers are still running W2003.<\/p>\n

End of support is coming on 14\/July\/2015<\/a>.  I really don\u2019t want to hear excuses.  The fact is that the end of extended support is coming.  It is time to start planning your migration from the decade-old operating system.  It\u2019s time to move to an OS that is built for the way we work now.  It is time to pressure vendors and suppliers to support an OS that will actually have some level of support.<\/p>\n

Microsoft will not<\/em><\/u><\/strong> change the date that extended support ends.  Stop fooling yourself, and stop listening to people who eat from their own rear-ends.  Security patches stop, and Microsoft Support will stop taking your calls.  You now have approximately 2 years and 3 months to get moving.  And trust me, that time will fly by so don\u2019t procrastinate.<\/p>\n

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April 2003 was such a fine month.  SARS caused every person with a sniffle to think they\u2019d die.  The war in Iraq was coming to an end (!?).  BA and Air France announced the end of supersonic flight.  We suspected that North Korea might be playing with nukes.  Something called iTunes was launched.  I think … Continue reading “Hey Look\u2013Your Business Is Running On A 10-Year Old Server Operating System (W2003)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[115,118],"class_list":["post-14434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-server","tag-windows-server-2003","tag-windows-server-2012"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t