fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1250arrow-down19
arrow-up1241arrow-down1external-linkStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-22 months 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-up2·2 months 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-22 months 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.