These guys should be concerned about the security of their files....
The NHS, the largest employer in Europe, refuses to upgrade to IE7, and deliberately downgrades PCs to Windows XP without upgrading the browser. This is blamed on compatability and finances, and to be fair the companies who make a lot of software for Primary Health Care have done little to make switching easy, if anything. Costs on the other hand is ridiculous, the NHS is a sinkhole for money already this would save time and money.
Security issues have been pointed out and flat out denied by the IT departments. Often the decision to upgrade or not is made by the Health Care Trust in charge but I can say from experience that I haven't seen an NHS machine in the North West of the UK using anything past XP and browsers other than IE6 are discouraged at best.
* I write this as a Junior doctor working in Hospitals and General Practices. My family is in healthcare and we are constantly reminded that we aren't "allowed" to upgrade.
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