Gregory's ServerSomeone did ONE joke :birdsite: shitpost, and now dozens of media sites repeat the - cute and #retrocomputing-themed - lie.
No, #windows31 did NOT save Southwest from #Crowdstrike disaster.
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If it's about #SkySolver used by Southwest, it doesn't look Windows 3.1 either - more like older QT, or an older Java desktop apps interface. Either way 2000s. Remember Java applets? @RetroFunPL Yes, it definitely looks like a Java Swing UI. I did a lot of them 25 years ago. @RetroFunPL I think I'd agree on that being most likely a Java app. But also, based on the font rendering, ui colors, and titlebar, it doesn't appear to be running on Windows at all. Probably some sort of Unix, given the timeframe and companies involved. Possible (but unlikely) to be Linux. @kepstin now, I'm actually intrigued how often is Unix more likely than a Linux in companies (maxOS excluded)  @RetroFunPL <whispers> The real reason Southwest were safe from CrowdStrike was that they still run OS/2   |
This is the post they usually quote (the "source" 😆), but to me, it clearly looked like a sarcastic exaggeration, a remark about their software being just... not modern.