Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1792arrow-down114
arrow-up1778arrow-down1external-linkGerman railway seeks IT admin to manage MS-DOS and Windows 3.11 systemswww.techspot.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square188fedilink
minus-squareSharkAttaklinkfedilink5•5 months agoNot to mention when you want to change the entire system it becomes a huge operation and problem.
minus-square@BearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoMassive risk to that change too. So many people don’t understand how risk informs everything a business does. What cost is there to a given system being down for one hour? A day? Any regulations around it? Often it’s better to pay a known quantity up front than risk potential outages where you can’t predict all the downstream affects.
Not to mention when you want to change the entire system it becomes a huge operation and problem.
Massive risk to that change too.
So many people don’t understand how risk informs everything a business does.
What cost is there to a given system being down for one hour? A day? Any regulations around it?
Often it’s better to pay a known quantity up front than risk potential outages where you can’t predict all the downstream affects.