Texas senator wants to ban Vista purchases

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Apr 1, 2009 6:09 PM CST
The Register; By Austin Modine
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Windows Vista gets a lot of grief both in tech circles and the general public — but one Texas lawmaker wants to make it a matter of public policy. Democrat Texas state Senator Juan Hinojosa recently added a rider to Texas' $182bn budget plan that would ban the state's agencies from purchasing Vista (and all Vista-related technologies) unless they get written permission from the budget board.

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