Sujet : Re: Alaskan Airlines IT outage grounds their fleet
De : michael.trew (at) *nospam* att.net (Michael Trew)
Groupes : misc.news.internet.discussDate : 22. Jul 2025, 16:50:56
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On 7/21/2025 12:45 PM, JAB wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2025 16:30:14 -0000 (UTC), vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
wrote:
that's a very handy link!
Since airlines used, and still are using COBOL, and Alaskan Airlines
is "modernizing" their system...most likely, SNAFU, due to a coding
issue.
I've read that many airlines use Windows 3.x era systems to keep everything going. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. I don't know why they would choose to "upgrade" to something as unreliable as Microsoft cloud service.
As long as you can find parts, those old DOS based systems will run forever, and won't be subject to cloud attacks and failures. I hear the US missile system is still run from 8" floppy disks. Nice and simple, NO way to hack in.
Alaskan Airlines IT outage grounds their fleet
Re: Alaskan Airlines IT outage grounds their fleet