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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Oh its very much factually correct. I work with companies every day who have stuck with old software for years instead of moving along every couple years to a new version with the migration tools that were available each time. Now many are stuck with ancient files and software 5+ versions behind with no direct migration path. Very painful. Often the process is to abandon old files/configurations and slowly start anew in the new environment, wasting a ton of time and productivity. Or worse, creating a hodgepodge of both environments and having things not work productively. If you are a company that for instance, receives cad drawings from customers, and you have software 3-4 versions older than theirs, you will not be able to effectively work with, view, or produce the product for them due to being so far behind in technology. See this happen ALL the time.
And XP is very easily compromised. I would say about 80% of the machines I deal with that end up damaged/infected/needing extensive work are XP, despite an installed supported base that is only about 40-45% XP at this point. Speaks for itself.
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No, it's factually incorrect.
Changing the operating system just for the sake of "upgrading" has nothing to do with the applications. Granted, some newer applications will require the later operating system to function, but all of the software that we have utilized is backwards compatible. When the new operating system is finally procured, the latest applications can be procured for it and all of the old data will run perfectly fine on the new system. Whether you are one OS behind or three OS behind is irrelevant.
It's also factually incorrect regarding your statement of "just sad", presumably because you condemn XP for being "damaged/infected/needing extensive work". Are you naive enough to believe that this is a function of the operating system and not the time that the operating system has been in service? Give Windows 7 a few years on a desk and you'll find the exact same issues. You've got a lame argument there utilized by IT people to sell more gear.
You're an individual who makes money off companies by constantly getting them to upgrade for no good reason.............now that, my boy, is sad.