I presume you are implying that they have not kept their knowledge nor skills up to date. In which case I shudder to think of how their decisions fare in the c

I presume you are implying that they have not kept their knowledge nor skills up to date. In which case I shudder to think of how their decisions fare in the current technical environment. In some slow moving industries, legacy systems are milked for all they are worth. Investments in new hardware and technologies are generally kept to a minimum. And ... the IT staff are actively looking for new jobs.