Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS

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Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS

Posted By: NaturalWisdom
Date: Tuesday, 23-Jul-2024 12:23:55
www.rumormill.news/243811

In Response To: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES and FEDEX maintain normal operations despite the CROWDSTRIKE debacle because they insist on running WINDOWS 3.1, MICROSOFT's archaic OS released in 1992 (NaturalWisdom)

Windows 3.1 saves the day during CrowdStrike outage — Southwest Airlines scrapes by with archaic OS
By Jowi Morales | Tom's Hardware
published July 20,,2024
Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 save the day.
Southwest Airlines, the fourth largest airline in the US, is seemingly unaffected by the problematic CrowdStrike update that caused millions of computers to BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) because it used Windows 3.1.
The CrowdStrike issue disrupted operations globally after a faulty update caused newer computers to freeze and stop working, with many prominent institutions, including airports and almost all US airlines, including United, Delta, and American Airlines, needing to stop flights.
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).