I have been having a chat with Vlad (http://www.vladville.com/2006/06/vista-advertising-machine-starts-its-engine.html) and he has made a really good point that Vista looks good, that it is beta, so should not be deployed in a live environment and that he needs some compelling apps.

I happen to agree with him - it is beta, and therefore more sluggish and buggy than a final product, but on the apps front, there is soooo much to come.

The view of public apps can be seen on http://www.seewindowsvista.com, but Mary Jane Foley has raised the question in http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1972444,00.asp and also points out that a different bread of ISV is coming to town and they are bringing Vista only or enabled apps that will help.

Obviously the Vista benefits for Security, reliablility, ease of use and user safety will all be a major factor for many customers.  I can't wait for the information on ISVs to continue to materialize over the coming weeks.

ttfn

David