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by b-mmxx 2015 days ago
There can be several factors (not all related to software companies).

- Budget

Money goes to different departments. Some managers are better than others at winning internal bids.

- Regulations and internal policies

Big corp procedures can sink any request.

- Project

Consulting world. It's likely you get a lighter, shinier and faster machine if you’re going to spend lots of time at the client site.

- Migration procedure

At some companies the IT support can lack manpower to process high volume of migrations. I've seen this taking months.