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Re:Microsoft decides to automatically update Internet Explor... by danudey on Thursday December 15, 2011 @04:08PM (#3357993)
I worked at a hospital in 2008, where, mid-summer, the IT department had just approved the use of Windows XP Service Pack 2 (which was released in August 2004).

Note that this doesn't mean they were actually going to start deploying it. It just meant that they were open to the idea of doing so. I'd be surprised if they'd actually upgraded any machines yet.

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Re:Microsoft decides to automatically update Internet Explor... by electromagnetic on Thursday December 15, 2011 @07:11PM (#3358708)
The law firm my wife works for has just switched to the new version of office, because Word Perfect is no longer supported by their billing software. I don't even think their version was new either.

It's kind of sad that you'll only modernize when you'll no longer get paid. You'd think improving efficiency would be motive for modernization, but I guess not.

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