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r3loadedNov 1st 2010 2:45PM
That's so lazy, that they don't deserve the honourable title of "Sysadmin".
It's the equivalent of a business back in 2008 using Windows 95.
(Unverified)Nov 1st 2010 2:51PM
I actually saw a business using Win95 quite recently. Pretty much everywhere I go I see XP, though, and if I still see it in 2014 in a fair few places, it would not really bother me. There are alternatives to the false dichotomy of XP being near perfect or Sys Admins being lazy. For example, some companies may have limited resources and just not be able to upgrade, even in 2014. Some companies may have no impetus to upgrade if XP is still doing exactly the job they require. Not every workplace needs to be on the cutting edge.
48%, though? That seems a lot more than just local libraries and mom and pop stores, and it's a bit odd to think that many companies would not want to keep their systems up to date.
(Unverified)Nov 1st 2010 4:44PM
Yeah, the same analyst says that that 48% is representative of a big swathe of business types -- small, medium and large.
I guess it's not just down to resources. XP may just be that good... :)
(Unverified)Nov 1st 2010 9:47PM
It won't be "that good' when Microsoft is no longer providing security updates.
(Unverified)Nov 2nd 2010 4:51AM
"It won't be "that good' when Microsoft is no longer providing security updates "
Don't you think M$ is an enterprise which goal is to make profit? or is their goal to give you just the superb OS? Do you think they will no longer sell other OS if some day they find the 'awesome f*cking good OS' ?
Being good, bad, or superb, M$ is NOT interested in people continuing using their OS during 10-11 years, that's not good for sales. So, probably, the most efective way to "unlazy", to "awake" or "to sell new OS" is just to stop giving service to the old OS.
C'mon, I could imagine myself also trying this if I were a directive of M$...