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Windows 3.1 Is Still Alive, and It Just Killed a French Airport

• Piskvorrr 11y ago
  That is entirely consistent with what we know of other zombies ;)
• bunnymancer 11y ago
  "Vice wants authorization to show notifications" Vice can officially fuck off.
• ctstover 11y ago
  If the supply of people willing to port win16 code to more maintainable technology is really so low that a critical system in a air port can not be fixed, then I think it is time market rates start to establish themselves. I'll gladly hack win16 by moonlight for 190USD/hour. Contact if interested.
  • dragonbonheur 11y ago
    "Market rates" is why they'll either outsource it to India to save money or keep using the old system to save money. Nobody died? Saving money remains their best option.
    • dragonbonheur 11y ago
      Or they could always run it on OS/2 which was supposed to be a better Windows than Windows anyway :D
• tofflos 11y ago
  "Fiacre compared the challenges of running the Windows 3.1-supported DECOR to the issues faced by NASA with its Voyager program, which was launched in 1977." Except that Voyager 1 is 20 billion kilometers away while this system is sitting right at there the airport. ;-)