Windows 3.1 Is Still Alive, and It Just Killed a French Airport

"Fiacre compared the challenges of running the Windows 3.1-supported DECOR to the issues faced by NASA with its Voyager program, which was launched in 1977."

Except that Voyager 1 is 20 billion kilometers away while this system is sitting right at there the airport. ;-)

If the supply of people willing to port win16 code to more maintainable technology is really so low that a critical system in a air port can not be fixed, then I think it is time market rates start to establish themselves.

I'll gladly hack win16 by moonlight for 190USD/hour. Contact if interested.

"Market rates" is why they'll either outsource it to India to save money or keep using the old system to save money. Nobody died? Saving money remains their best option.

Or they could always run it on OS/2 which was supposed to be a better Windows than Windows anyway :D

That is entirely consistent with what we know of other zombies ;)