On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:40:39 -0500 Gregory Pittman <gregp_ky at yahoo.com> dijo:
>On 12/13/2010 10:38 PM, Craig Bradney wrote: >> >> Really, I think we should only support Windows 7. XP is old, ugly, >> has a million bugs and plenty of security issues. >Where I work, for reasons which remain obscure but probably give >evidence for the presence of Neanderthal genes in the population, XP >is still the OS of our hospital's system, and not only that, but you >must use IE6 and a severely outdated Java to fully access information >that I need. At my university (25,000 students) all the Windows computers have XP, except a handful in the Department of Computer Science. I don't think it is due to Neanderthal genes; rather I think it is due to funding priorities. I don't know how many thousands of computers the university owns, but upgrading them to Windows 7 would cost a major amount. And it's not just the license fees, it's also the labor to do the upgrades and the additional support as people get used to them. Plus, a few computers might be too old and need to be replaced. It's a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."
