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Subject: Re: Alaskan Airlines IT outage grounds their fleet
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 19:42:42 -0500
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 11:50:56 -0400, Michael Trew
<michael.trew@att.net> wrote:

>airlines use Windows 3.x

"Aside from Windows 3.1, Southwest also uses Windows 95 for its staff
scheduling system. It is a newer operating system -- about three years
younger than Windows 3.1 -- but it's ancient compared to today's tech.
Many of the airline's staff have been complaining about it already."

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-31-saves-the-day-during-crowdstrike-outage