One interesting thing is that the OS statistics we have available are based on user agent strings from access to participant sites, and this method won’t gather data from offline machines. Statcounter currently shows 3,1% of win7 and 0,52% of winxp, but I wonder if there would be a significant difference if offline machines were counted.
Some still cling on their old XP laptops.
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 8 months ago
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Medical and banks on older stuff yet. Dunno about space shuttle.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 8 months ago
The shuttle probably runs on actual mechanical switches
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You kid, I know. But the shuttle software was one of the most stringently tested systems, at least as one of my sEng courses would have me believe.
Amazing that the device you are reading this on isnway more powerful that the ones that first put men on the moon.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Early electronics are fascinating. The amount of power we were getting out of devices back in the day is crazy. Like this comment probably takes up more memory than Adventure on the Atari 2600.
I wonder what we could pull off now if people tried to squeeze every ounce of power out of modern day equipment?
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 8 months ago
like the US military. most of their mission critical stuff has been running for 20 years that way.
if only there were an operating system that could update without shutting down.
KingBoo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Don’t tempt the government. Please.
Agent641@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Life finds a way.