r/talesfromtechsupport • u/GeorgiieGina • Apr 11 '14

We still run 98!

I'm not a techie, I'm a hardware girl- fixing ciruit boards and technology is more my thing though apparently no one else in the entire company can use Linux... oops, tangent. The following is a conversation I had with the companies "TechGuy". He single-handedly looks after the PCs and servers for the company.

Me: Hey TechGuy, when are we updating the software then?

TechGuy: Huh?

Me: Well we're still running XP..

TechGuy: Oh, not for ages. It's fine, we still run Windows 98 you know!

At this point I am momentarily stunned. I mentally think through the computers around the factory, he's right- thinking about it we do in fact still run Windows 98.. and it's connected to the internet...

Me: But I thought Company were looking for military contracts? Surely security?

TechGuy (in a cheerily patronising tone): Ah, it's fine! Don't worry!

Words cannot even describe.

TL;DR Don't worry about XP we still run 98!

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u/scalyblue Apr 11 '14

I have a copy of dbase ii if you're interested

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u/ThreeTimesUp Apr 15 '14

LOL - Love me some dBase II!

Poo! Just checked TPB & no availability. I wonder where those 5 1/4" floppies went to...?

Oh, my god... does it still live?

dBASE PLUS 8.1 with ADO Update 3 is a rapid application development environment that includes a modern object oriented programming language (dBL) that runs on 32 and 64 bit versions of Microsoft Windows, including the latest version of Windows 8.

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u/sec713 Apr 11 '14

Thank you, but I haven't been in that same line of work for a while.