smooth wombat writes "The upgrade treadmill. We've all been there, we've all done it. Well, maybe not all of us. 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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