# Would we have switched to this new version had the hackers not attacked?

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**Created:** [March 11, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-have-switched-to-this-new-version-had-the-hackers-not-attacked/97698 "2002-03-11T22:04:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-have-switched-to-this-new-version-had-the-hackers-not-attacked/97698/1 "2002-03-11T22:04:15Z")

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Would we have changed anyway? Did the time where we would have changed normally simply been through the time when the boards were down? If the hackers hadn’t gotten us would we still be on the old version?

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-we-have-switched-to-this-new-version-had-the-hackers-not-attacked/97698/2 "2002-03-11T22:10:37Z")

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Eventually.  
Don’t know.  
Probably.