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>they refuse to upgrade it for fear it might break compatibility with some ancient software It will break, in horrible and unknown ways, and even if it didn't
by mhurron 15y ago
>they refuse to upgrade it for fear it might break compatibility with some ancient software
It will break, in horrible and unknown ways, and even if it didn't if the company supporting it got wind that you used a different version of IE, or heaven forbid Firefox, that's probably enough to deny support. It's probably not even ancient software, they might have purchased it in the last couple of years. Medical software has to be the absolute worst made software on the planet.
- devs1010 15y agoI think it may even go beyond that, where they have even stipulated what other software could be run on the machine. I do know, for example, that they HAVE to run XP, nothing newer, or it would void their support, etc.. its really insane how companies can get away with that, I don't even understand how for a web app (it uses a Java applet, so I guess it goes beyond a regular "web app", but still..) they can demand this sort of control over the end user's system.
- aptwebapps 15y agoIt seems like there aught to be some sort of liability for mandating insecure practices for your customers.