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		M95D 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FAA to eliminate floppy disks used in air traffic ... Win9x was stable and reliable. It was the drivers that were not. WHQL wasn't invented yet. I'm sure ATC systems were properly tested, including the drivers. Don't compare that with cheap consumer PCs that we had.

chadaustin 5 days ago | [–]

Windows 95 allowed programs to disable system interrupts. No protection on cli instruction. Careful with those rose-colored glasses.

userbinator 5 days ago | | [–]

So what?

ATC systems are definitely not going to have users installing random software at any time.

ChoGGi 5 days ago | [–]

Probably referring to this

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28340101

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