paris has gone too far this time in their quest to remain the mecca of hipsters
 

https://news.vice.com/article/window...french-airport

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

sneak peak of their newest flight simulator:

http://i.imgur.com/ADYd3St.png

That's not really shocking. A lot of public services and businesses run on really old software. Rebuilding old software is a monumental task and not something to be taken lightly. It usually just gets put off and put off and put off, until it crashes like this.

Pay attention to the computer screens you see the next time you are in a retail store. Seeing Windows 95 is not uncommon, and that's a retail store that most likely does not have heavy needs.

you'd be surprised how much OS/2 is still around - mainly banking and logistics

and of course

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/...20051112001744

OS2 wasn't Y2K compliant. I doubt any financial institutions still use them.

Ironic that you reference Mecca in the thread after what happened in Paris yesterday.

It is oddly appropriate however...Allahu akbar

Our payroll program was still releasing dos updates every year up until about 2 years ago.

Really, are you a coder?

:1orglaugh

Yep, and it took this long before it crashed.
The management must be idiots to not have upgraded to daily crashes.

Just imagine an OS without a web browser, video player or flash games for your employees to work on
while trying to keep planes from crashing.

:1orglaugh

http://www.technologizer.com/wp-cont...ator-trs80.jpg

This is Flight Simulator by Sub-Logic on the TRS-80. I think it had a frame rate of 1 or 2 FPS only. Loved it.

:thumbsup:thumbsup

yeah for those wondering i posted this right before much, much worse shit took place over there

bad timing

i stand with paris yadda yadda

win 3.1 was da shit!