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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (7 children)

I just retired a 2012 Windows 7 machine that had never received any patches/updates.

Never crashed, never had issues.

I've run Windows boxes even longer than that.

Since Win2k, stability improved drastically. XP was another major shift.

Linux is like running NT4 by comparison (and NT4 was damn stable).

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Ah riiiight! Which version of windows runs trains and airplanes again? Which version of windows runs on modern cars?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Tons of airports and train systems run either Windows 3.0 or Windows XP if they are recent.

    They don't want to update because they have already encountered every problem that could arise ever. Which they know how to fix in mere minutes.

    And upgrading anything would mean the entire business can't function during it. Afterwards you also have tons of new problems that could take days to fix since they don't have the knowledge yet. Which could endanger lives.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    ... modern cars run Windows? D:

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