Why doesn't the FAA update their software in the towers? About a year ago they were still running Windows Vista. Now I hear they added AI to it nationwide today.

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ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨12⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
It’s usually:

legacy systems won’t work on newer windows versions, so they have to stick to what works

legacy drivers that won’t work on newer windows versions, so certain hardware can only interface with those older windows

updating code for more recent machines is expensive and time consuming, especially as you’ll need to keep the old version running for who knows how long until you fully replace it. CERN recently went through a lot of trouble due to Red Hat dropping support for older systems (which they still use) and started migrating to Debian.

Throwing AI around won’t help much unless someone with a working brain trains the thing only on the stuff that the FAA needs for their systems to work
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