There's also something to be said for personnel knowing a "mature" system for security. I worked for Sungard Availability Services where certain systems/etc have to have 99.999% uptime. So in 2007 they had WinXP (from 2002) systems with IE 6 all patched up with other layered security parts throughout the OSI stack because their XP config had been tested/validated for several years. I'd bet money they won't go to Vista or Windows 7 until 2012 at least, if that. It took them years to go from NT4 to XP...
OSI mnemonic for younger folks: "All People Seem to Need Data Processing" Application Presentation Session Transport Network Data-link Physical So there's another reason IE 6 isn't going anywhere for a while. But I don't think Google is really concerned with the market that Sungard serves. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:04 AM [snip] Being behind the times is par for a lot of large businesses. This occurs when IT groups intentionally set things up so as to maintain their job security. It's bad planning and bad oversight (management). OTGH, it's a quite necessary, as the hacker underworld needs it to survive. [snip] -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist
