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The fake-grin people in the pictures are nurses and technicians from hospitals still stuck on IE6 because their late 1990s medical imaging ActiveX controls are bug-for-bug compatible with that wonderful piece of software.

Behind their grins are the questions, "what now?" or maybe even "where do I want to go today."

Their IT krewes are wondering, "how am I going to get the CFO to approve an upgrade to the GE medical imaging suite? we've been out of maintenance for 15 years."

And their info security guy is considering seeking asylum in a foreign country.



> And their info security guy

Who? Oh, that guy? We let him go six years ago when we couldn't figure out what he did.


It's okay. He got back into their network and is still being paid. Got a raise last month, even.




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