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A third of London boroughs 'fess to running unsupported server software

John Brown (no body) Silver badge

Re: Universities

"Wait until they FOI universities, I'd wager it'll be 90%+ running unsupported OS flavours"

Most of them very probably do have at least some legacy kit for specific reasons. I deal with a number universities and as others have just said, universities are likely to be at the leading edge if not actually bleeding edge for most of their kit. (one Uni I did some work at had just completed a complete server room refresh and I notices a beige box in the corner, still powered up. I asked what it was. It was a Windows NT Server box with a multiplex modem in it for those professors who still insisted they needed dial-up access when off on expeditions, sabbaticals etc. (this was about 5 years ago, so hopefully that's now gone to the bit bucket in the sky!)

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