I find the implication that IT old timers, for want of a better word, insist on doing things the traditional way simply because they are out of touch with modern concepts, don't want to change, have fond memories of obsolete hardware, etc, extremely insulting.
We built systems 30 years ago that are still running. We understand the values of build quality, reliability, and future manageability that are sadly lost on a lot of people today. We didn't write code just ten years ago that relies on IE 6 and is a nightmare to port forward.
Hear hear. Some of us even started with this weird notion of interoperability - even if you can't pronounce it after a few beers, it's still as essential now as it was then. Heck, I built stuff 15 years ago that pretty much still supports a whole country (at which point several people suddenly realise who I am and what I'm talking about :) ).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
