fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down110
arrow-up1228arrow-down1external-linkStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-21 month ago The elevator was running Windows XP. Clearly an extreme case of overengineering. A elevator has no business running more than a few microcontrollers.
minus-squareperviouslyiner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoBut how else can it book requests for priority access, and verify the credit card for whoever booked the elevator?
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoAh, the blossoms of unimpeded, wild capitalism.
Clearly an extreme case of overengineering. A elevator has no business running more than a few microcontrollers.
But how else can it book requests for priority access, and verify the credit card for whoever booked the elevator?
Ah, the blossoms of unimpeded, wild capitalism.