• EuroNutellaMan@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I’d say more likely it’s labs, hospitals, and other scientific stuff where you have to deal with old instruments cause lack of money. I’m fairly certain the military uses some other OS, I believe NATO uses Solaris for example.

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      11 months ago

      Also that machine only works under very specific circumstances, so you fear changing anything in case your entire protocol breaks and you have to start from scratch.

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      11 months ago

      “Windows for Submarines”

      It’s XP for Vanguard subs. I really hope none of them provide any telemetry for these stats though.

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      11 months ago

      As a former banker I can tell you that most ATMs run Windows NT 4.0.

      However since the network is completely clamped down and the OS boots via network as well (no hard drives in ATMs), they are pretty secure.

      I’ve also indeed seen some Windows XP terminals in use just lately - one in fact in a hospital my current company collaborates with - but it’s isolated and used to run some sequencer that was never ported to a 64 bit architecture, and apparently doesn’t run in compatibility mode either.