Companies using DOS or Windows 3.1

[Bruce Byfield <bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com>]

Recently, I started working with a new client. I won't name names, but 
the company is fairly large in its field, and operates internationally. 
To my surprise, the software that it distributes to customers is a 
text-based DOS program of a sort I haven't seen since about 1988. 
Getting the software to work the way everybody would like requires some 
elaborate work arounds, yet the company has no immediate plans to upgrade.

Possibly, of course, there's no market need to upgrade. Still, over the 
last few days, I've been wondering how many large operations are running 
on legacy operating systems like DOS or Windows 3.1, or on pre-Pentium 
machines. For example, I remember hearing a few years ago of one of the 
world's largest hotel chains running on 286s, and I know for a fact that 
Elections Canada used old 286s in the last election but one, carefully 
saved to keep costs down.

Anyone else have any examples?

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Bruce Byfield 604.421.7177 bbyfield -at- axionet -dot- com

"A river follows the path of least resistance, and that's why the river is crooked."
- Utah Phillips





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