On Sat, 2025-02-22 at 19:39 -0800, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
I just visited a customer I had designed a Fedora 30 server. That makes the computer eleven years old!
I do not dare upgrade or even install updates it as the point-of-sale software he is running a YUGE nasty K-L-U-G-E.
The server is works well still.
He does not want to go with a new software vendor that has good support. He will only do it when thing come down around his ears.
I told the customer he was pushing it.
Your thoughts?
Set up a demo computer, with new software. Firstly see if it works for you, then demonstrate for him. You're going to need something that's virtually a straight swap-over for him to accept it, with the option to fall back to what he's been using so far. Whether that be a whole PC, or yank the old drive out and fit a new one in.