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Late Adopters Prefer the Tried and True

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the little-flexibility-never-hurt-too dept.

smooth wombat writes "There is a fairly significant portion of the population which does not go out and grab the newest OS, gadget, web browser or any other technology related product. Why? It's not because they're luddites but rather, they are comfortable with what they know. Take the case of John Uribe, a 56-year old real estate agent who still uses AOL dial-up and only recently switched to Firefox after being prodded for weeks by an AOL message telling him that on March 1st, AOL would no longer support Netscape. Why did it take him so long to stop using Netscape and make the switch? From the article: 'It worked for me, so I stuck with it. Until there is really some reason to totally abandon it, I won't.'"

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  1. The same John Uribe? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    A quick John Uribe search on Google turns up a man divorced twice.

    So much for sticking with it, eh?

    1. Re:The same John Uribe? by ArsenneLupin · · Score: 4, Funny

      He's a piker. I met a man in a bar (where else?) What kind of bar?

      who had been married twelve times, and he was under 40. Apparently he has a hard time getting along with women? Maybe that's why we was hanging out in that kind of bar...
  2. Re:Thanks, Captain Obvious. by muellerr1 · · Score: 2, Funny

    If any story deserves a getoffmylawn tag, this is it.

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