Seven tales of software used way past its prime
You'll not believe what some businesses are still running.
By Tony Yoo
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Jul 14 2015, 7:30AM
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Software that's too sticky
Today marks the end of Windows Server 2013, as Microsoft terminates patching and technical support for the popular enterprise operating system.Infrastructure management software vendor SolarWinds, betting that there would be plenty of businesses that will ignore Windows 2003's official end of life, asked its thwack community to tell their most unbelievable stories of software used well past their prime.
Here are the best, and scariest, seven tales from the community of 150,000 technology pros. Have stories of your own? Please leave your comments below.
Pictured: Windows Server 2003 shot out to space by UK reseller Databarracks [photo courtesy of Databarracks]
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