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Fixing a non-critical bug that affects <0.001% of bookings in airlines’ ancient systems, which are likely stringly typed in specific formats in many places? Goo
by oefrha 3y ago
Fixing a non-critical bug that affects <0.001% of bookings in airlines’ ancient systems, which are likely stringly typed in specific formats in many places? Good luck. They can’t even show my family members’ names right.
- eliaspro 3y agoIf the company not getting your family members' names right operates under a GDPR-affected jurisdiction, they can be theoretically forced to fix this issue. See also the highly relevant story "EBCDIC is incompatible with GDPR": https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/ebcdic-is-incompatible-with-gdpr/ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2021/10/ebcdic-is-incompatible-with...