More to the point, the issue is not Windows, but the abuse of Windows. Example: requiring administrator rights to do ordinary, everyday tasks.
This led to "script kiddies" which caused us to be defensive on PCs, e.g. Anti-Malware. Joe On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 6:31 PM Steve Beaver < 0000050e0c375a14-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > We never had these problems until Windows showed up > > > Sent from my iPhone > > No one said I could type with one thumb > > > On Jul 19, 2024, at 18:22, Paul Edwards < > 00000676ab6435a5-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 06:46:40 +1000, Wayne Bickerdike <wayn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Some kind of false economy to make the PC the entire tool of choice for > >> certain routine tasks. > >> > >> In the 1980s we had proprietary banking terminals, private/leased line > >> point to point communications and passbooks. > > > > This is a topic of interest to me. I still program in C90 too. > > Still restrict myself to S/370 instructions too (quibbling aside). > > > > However - for what reason would a proprietary banking terminal > > be more reliable than a PC? Isn't it more the automatic update > > feature of the PC that is the issue? That won't protect against > > a date-related bug in some component though. > > > > So perhaps 2 different PC solutions (e.g. the Amiga) - if we're > > talking 1980s. > > > >> No way our branch network would be unable to perform front counter > >> transactions. We had store and forward whereby local transactions would > be > >> kept until the network was back up and running. > >> > >> In those days we had 3 ATMs, preferring to let other banks provide that > >> service and we would absorb the fees. > >> > >> I drew out $620 in cash from an ATM yesterday, just a few hours before > the > >> crash. Too many people are embracing the cashless world. Time to wake up > >> and apply some common sense. > > > > Are you suggesting using physical cash because software and > > hardware engineers are unable to create a reliable alternative? > > > > The cost of handling physical cash is likely hidden in taxes or > > whatever. If it was properly costed, maybe IBM mainframes > > would be part of the solution, and Amigas too? > > > > Note that I created PDOS because I didn't want to be dependent on > > millions of lines of code that I didn't understand and/or didn't have > > access to. Simplicity. For simple tasks. My wife didn't have access to > > her bank account for about 6 months because she either wasn't > > receiving SMSes at all (from this one bank), or they would arrive too > late. > > > > No-one was able to do anything other than say "try again later". > > > > 6 digits could have been sent with a Commodore 64 and a 300 bps > > modem to any spot on earth within 0.2 seconds in the 1980s. > > > > That was in 2023, but even in 2024 SMSes still get lost - and other > > situations too - I think Discord lost a message of mine in 2024. > > I don't remember a zmodem file transfer ever losing a file of mine. > > > > BFN. Paul. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
