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Originally Posted by sa547
I think the big reluctance on the part of businesses to upgrade their software is, of course, the costs and the possibility of breaking something that works well for so long
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I know people here find it hard to believe, but changing operating systems usually requires user training at companies. Many people have an entirely rote relationship with computers in their jobs. Changing what they seen on screen can be remarkably disruptive.
Just a quick search took me to
these results for June, 2012. WinXP, though in decline, is still on 45% of the computers in that study, compared to about 40% for Windows 7.