Subj : MS-DOS and Win 3.11 Admin
To   : Warpslide
From : niter3
Date : Wed Jan 31 2024 21:26:01

On 31 Jan 2024, Warpslide said the following...
 
 Wa> "MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 still run train dashboards at German railway -
 Wa> company listed admin job for 30-year-old operating system"
 Wa> 
 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
 Wa> still running on such ancient systems, but mission-critical systems
 Wa> often adhere to the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy.
 Wa> 

I find this kind of awesome. :)

.... Top secret! Burn before reading!

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