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Originally Posted by cstross
(snip) Many of whom are headed by old folks who are not comfortable with this new-fangled technology (snip) as and when the elderly boardroom seat-warmers retire, a younger generation of executives who are less scared by new technology (snip)
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Can we get rid of these young/old stereotypes? The Internet has been popular for almost 20 years. Personal computers have been around for almost 40 years. We are well past the point where we can claim that the old folk "are not comfortable with this new-fangled technology" because the executives who make the decisions have had decades to adapt. If age is a factor at all, it is because those "boardroom seat-warmers" have been in industry long enough to know that businesses can only operate if they have a revenue stream. Pirates don't provide that revenue stream, so something needs to be done about it.