Lol, its prolly summat to do with them not having a fucking clue. I only update every so often, but companies might not do it *just incase* it messes the system up.
Take this - my dad's company had a database set up, and although the data base did its job, it was that old that the entirething could not support the use of a mouse, and any letters printed using the database were the kind that underlines meant a long string of - - - - - - - - -'s printed out.
The DPI for the text was that of my IQ compared to Brainmass. (low)
So i went in and earned my self £100 to do them a Database in access