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Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Aatube@kbin.melroy.org to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Windows 3.1, launched in 1992, is likely not getting any updates. So, when CrowdStrike pushed the faulty update to all its customers, Southwest wasn’t affected (because it didn’t receive an update to begin with).

Aside from Windows 3.1, Southwest also uses Windows 95 for its staff scheduling system.

One X user suggested that the company switch to Windows XP—it’s also no longer updated, and it can run Windows 3.1 applications via compatibility mode.

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[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You just helped me realize all the people that make a big deal out of getting monthly "security" updates for their phones are probably just dumb teenagers!

I hate mandatory updates with a fiery passion

[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They were talking about major and feature updates. Security updates are actually pretty important.

[–] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Fair enough. I still wish I could just accept the risk and click a button that forfeits my use of Microsoft support or something

[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

To be fair to the kids, they are an entire generation indoctrinated with the religion of mobile devices being replaced annually and constant updates to everything to keep that dopamine hit as high as possible. They've been manipulated by big tech for profit.