[wongarsu]

Still, when you have a 20-25 year replacement cycle being 10 years behind is pretty significant. And that's assuming their estimate of needing another decade is correct. Which seems doubtful considering they don't have a contractor, they don't have the money, and the previous system probably took a decade to develop considering their choice of 5.25" floppies (3.5" floppies overtook 5.25" floppies in sales in 1988).

[aidenn0]

Right, if they think it will take 10 years, 15-20 is probably more realistic, which means you need to start the upgrade process 5-10 years after buying your system: seems very expensive.