Texas Budget Would Say Goodbye to Microsoft Vista
State senator Juan Hinojosa (D-McAllen) added the wording to the state budget currently under discussion in the Texas Senate. Hinojosa told the San Antonio Express-News: “We have a lot of problems with the Vista program. It had a lot of bugs. It takes up a lot of memory. It’s not compatible with other equipment, and it’s supposed to be an upgrade from the XP program that is being used by state agencies, and it’s not.”
Hinojosa's budget rider would require state agences to get written approval from the Legislative Budget Board before buying Vista technology related to an operating system, equipment or licenses.
A Microsoft spokesperson told the paper: "Given our daily work with government agencies and longstanding technology partnership, we’re surprised that the Texas Senate Finance Committee adopted a rider which, in effect, singles out a specific corporation and product for unequal treatment. We hope as the budget continues to go through the process this language will be removed.”



