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We still have customers with IE6. Risk adverse institutions like airports really don't want to upgrade things.
by hartror 11y ago
We still have customers with IE6. Risk adverse institutions like airports really don't want to upgrade things.
- thanksgiving 11y agoI'd say they are not very risk averse if they are still using IE6. In fact, I'd say they are living on the edge. I hope the CTO has a really nice golden parachute because they will need it when (and not if) the proverbial poop hits the proverbial fan.
- orblivion 11y agoMaybe there should be a much more stripped down thing like the web with a much smaller attack surface or need for new features, so updates will only be occasional security updates.
- UnoriginalGuy 11y agoIn China? If you look at the numbers and include China they're quite bleak. If you exclude China it doesn't seem quite so bad. But China has a massive Windows XP piracy problem that isn't going away.
- yuhong 11y agoHow many have XP/Server 2003 custom support?
- gulpahum 11y agoI believe those are closed systems not connected to the internet. It still would be better to upgrade them (for easier access to spare parts, knowledge, etc). Otherwise they end up like this French airport which was shut down just few weeks ago because their Windows 3.1 failed. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10559687 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10559687
- i386081 11y agoBy the way. Windows 3.1 is just a fancy GUI for MS DOS :P