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Clearly there are some who still weigh "hassle" and cost over the potential risk that falling behind current tech brings to their business. The "why upgrade wh
by josefresco 14y ago
Clearly there are some who still weigh "hassle" and cost over the potential risk that falling behind current tech brings to their business.
The "why upgrade when I'll have to just upgrade again later" logic is clearly not a healthy long term strategy for any business (even outside of IT). Skipping a generation to saves costs may work but how many do you skip before your risk and cost to catch up becomes too much?
- GFischer 14y agoWhat's the potential risk for a business when you're a monopoly? Or a government - see Korea's stuff with banking and ActiveX, they managed to force it for decades: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120507/12295718818/south-korea-still-paying-price-embracing-internet-explorer-decade-ago.shtml http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120507/12295718818/south-...