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Nothing better than a client paying what they pay us but having 5 generations old off-brand technology for their staff.

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Every federal client ever

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I'm not worried about me... I have my laptop. I'm talking about their own staff who have the same crap.

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Standard ACN manager response from Accenture 3... if you aren't one already you're on the fast track...

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Well PwC still uses Lotus Notes so...

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Oh yeah. It blows me away sometimes that our banks are operating on software and hardware from the mid 2000s

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Wait...I have two of those in my home office

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@Freddie Mac

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That's pretty much every state or federal client

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^^counter point DD1, we’re paying you what we’re paying you, we don’t owe you anymore.

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I see these around 161 n Clark..... 🙄

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Be grateful you have a monitor!

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It is a fact that the federal appeals court, the 2nd highest court in the US, still uses Lotus Notes and Windows 98. Can you imagine them deciding cases related to net neutrality? Or wrongdoing from tech companies like Facebook?

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At least it isn't a CRT

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This is the exact monitor I'm now forced to use on my client site and it sucks 😭😭😭

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😂 AC1 that place sucks the life out of me

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What’s wrong with this monitor?

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P1... as any self respecting consultant should. I have closets full of antiquated computer parts and that's even after taking 4 truck loads to recycling when I moved a couple months ago. Lol

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Looks like Fannie Mae and UBS

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Those never break down. I have a 10yr old 14in monitor in my 4 screen setup that has outlived 8 other monitors. Dependability>flash

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