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Why do some companies continue using Windows NT?

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Why do some companies continue using Windows NT?
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Better stability. When a new version of an OS comes out, there are so many bugs that a large company can't afford to have take down their server, so they stick with what works.
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Simply put, because it is rock solid in security, both the operating system AND NT server.. If it aint broke, why fix it? Microsoft still supports it and will for a long time. Did you know that XP is a child of NT? How's that for it being reliable?
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Interesting question... Obvioously you are thinking of NT4 or NT3.5. Are you aware that 2000 is also NT5 as well? Or that XP is NT5.1? Or how about 2003 Server is actally 5.2? Did we also forget that Vista is actullay going to be NT6 if i understand it correctly?. . As for companies that still run NT4, there is some legacy software packages that are no longer updated and can not be transfered that will not run on 2000 or newer. These are kept around for legal and tax reasons. Just because a company keep an old NT box doesn't mean that tey are cheap. It means that they have to as a REQUIREMENT for one reason or another. After it is no longer needed, I can asure you it goes away.. . NT will be with u for ever until something better comes out. 9X is gone as that was closed out by merging into the NT fork of the MS operating systems starting with XP. Vista is the next logical rogression of the NT/9X line.
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they think its got the best security in windows.. plus the fact that its boring to look at. and in turn those companies are boring.. but the security issue is it. evryone likes to hack XP
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because theyre too cheap to upgrade software
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Several reasons really:. It's stable - Doesn't crash. It's been patched and secured pretty well. Changing it would mean a major headache for many IT guys. Changing would take down an entire network a for a few hours. NT is lighter on resources than XP. XP still isn't very secure (although it is very stable). Few people now use NT making it less of a target for hackers/virus writers. . Those are some of the main reasons. There are probably many more too.. . J
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because it requires infrastructal changes
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