Subj : MS-DOS and Win 3.11 Admin
To   : Warpslide
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Jan 31 2024 17:01:23

  Re: MS-DOS and Win 3.11 Admin
  By: Warpslide to All on Wed Jan 31 2024 07:43 am

 Wa> A German railway firm posted a vacancy for a Windows 3.11 Administrator
 Wa> just before the weekend. In addition to skills in wrangling Windows for
 Wa> Workgroups on the 30-year-old operating system, the recruiter would look
 Wa> upon a candidate more fondly for possessing MS-DOS experience. The admin
 Wa> would purportedly oversee systems with 166MHz processors and a whopping
 Wa> 8MB of RAM. It might seem slightly worrying that modern railways are still
 Wa> running on such ancient systems, but mission-critical systems often adhere
 Wa> to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy.

I might be tempted to apply for such a job; however, I fear any systems administrator job would mean being on call 24/7 and possibly having to work any time of the day or night, including on the weekends..

Nightfox
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